The elaboration of the s / n of the Ministry of Civil Protection, for the alarm and signaling weapons has started

With the positions of the special rapporteurs and speakers of the parties, the elaboration of the draft law for the harmonization of the Greek legislation with an executive Directive of the EU, for the establishment of technical specifications for the alarm and signaling weapons, started in the competent committee of the Parliament.

Tomorrow morning, the hearing of the body of the Ship Control Branch was scheduled to take place, while in the afternoon, the vote on the Authority and the discussion on the articles of the draft law will take place.

ND rapporteur Dimitris Kouvelas called on the parties to vote on the bill, stressing that “issues concerning the security of citizens do not allow ideological differences.” The current plan of the prefecture, he said, can mainly regulate issues of a technical nature, but there are also issues of practical importance, given that we live in an ever-changing environment, where the main goal in any case is safety, taking timely preventive measures and crime prevention, which unfortunately is now taking on many new and dangerous forms. And this legislative intervention puts another stone in the general security policy against crime. In particular, it sets the rules for the specifications of alarm and signaling weapons, in order to avoid their conversion into lethal firearms.

The rapporteur of SYRIZA, Dionysis Kalamatianos, argued that this bill comes hastily and casually under the weight of the threat of Greece being referred to the Court of the European Union, revealing once again the impossibility of good legislative practice of the government. The bill, the MP said, is fragmentary, incomplete and contains ambiguities. It does not actually adjust the frame adequately and does not solve any problems. It is a limited and ineffective legislation – and we are led to this conclusion by the fact that Directive 2021/555 on firearms is not being transposed at the same time. We believe that all legislation on the acquisition and possession of weapons should be codified. Do half the work. And that legislative initiative will be left in the lurch, he said.

The special spokesman of KINAL, Giorgos Kaminis, expressed his reservation, under the fear “that there will not be a sudden rain of amendments until the discussion of the bill in the plenary” by the government. He also stressed that the GRECO December report, both in its analysis and in its recommendations, is a blow to the Greek Police. Out of the total of 17 recommendations it makes “the 9 concerned ELAS and we would like to hear, what specific specific actions the ministry intends to take, for the implementation of the GRECO recommendations”. He wondered if and when the draft law on the service of guarding and protection of ‘targets’ would finally come, as well as why the government never responded to the request it had submitted to the Parliamentary Committee for the hearing of Prof. Nikos Alevizatos, president of the ad hoc commission set up to investigate police arbitrariness.

The special spokesman of the KKE, Nikos Papanastasis, stated that this Directive is also obvious that it praises the spirit of the free market and the resulting profitability, although the issue concerns a small claw of the trade in weapons and related items. The EU, with the Directive, essentially expresses the intention to establish rules, that is, technical specifications and procedures, which will make it difficult to import such weapons from third countries. Properly, said the MP, these rules are adopted, in order to have a common perception of control in the EU member states and to ensure, in the final analysis, the protection of citizens’ lives, with standards that will make the conversion of weapons impossible. alarm on firearms. But all seemingly good intentions succumb to the altar of capitalist profit and the protection of the interests of importing entrepreneurs. And he wondered, why is the temporary importation and obviously the release for trial use of items allowed? Why is there no precautionary check of compliance with the specification by entering only the sample for inspection, and then licensing? Why are there no special obligations for the importer-trader for any import of weapons that do not meet the specifications?

The special speaker of the Hellenic Solution, Konstantinos Hitas, stated that the government, even with this bill, seems to be working on issues related to public safety. The government, the MP argued, does not have a comprehensive strategy as a country, a plan to regulate such important issues as the fight against crime, terrorism. You are so late on an important issue such as public safety, and now you are coming to the real expiration of the deadline to tell us that we have to vote for it because otherwise our country will pay fines. The specifications are not a technical issue, as they can very easily be converted into useful 9 mm firearms and we consider that they require a holistic approach and treatment.

The special speaker of MERA 25 Fotini Bakadima pointed out that as a country we have prevented the introduction of this Directive in our law, as a result of which we have already received a warning letter from the Commission in May 2020 and now we are running to prevent it. fine that is expected to be imposed in our country. At a theoretical level, in principle, the bill is moving in a positive direction and one can not ignore the need and the framework should be adjusted and the opportunities for criminals or other people should be reduced as much as possible, be able to turn a weapon, which has another use, into a conventional one – and use it with regular cartridges. The fight against crime, however, cannot be limited to the incorporation of Directives dealing with such issues. It can never be fragmentary, hasty and hasty, so that our partners do not scold us.

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ