“The undeclared war in the Southern Suburbs” – The Condyli – ETAD dispute is becoming public

A publication of the powergame.gr, entitled “The undeclared war in the Southern Suburbs”. The article in detail:

The undeclared war in the Southern Suburbs

“And since I started with ETAD, let’s continue like this. The Southern Suburbs do not find peace, as this time the ETAD has entered the target of some municipalities for good. After the mayor of Kallithea, Kostas Askounis, who last week filed a complaint with the Athens Prosecutor’s Office against ETAD for the Tae Kwon Do competition, which ultimately ended in failure, now it’s the turn of the Municipality of Alimos to “put up” with her .

In particular, Andreas Kondylis, through a particularly sharp post, mentioned among other things that “the “camouflage” of the ETAD on the beach of Alimos in recent times is unprecedented. We are already forming a rich file…”. In fact, during last week’s municipal council he fired warning shots, pointing out that if ETAD continues to challenge the contract with the municipality for the concession of the beachfront from the marina to the open beach, in addition to appealing to the Prosecutor’s Office , the municipality will proceed with dynamic mobilizations. He also mentioned that there are developments on the issue of the beach and specific businesses located there, which, he said, have set up an industry of lawsuits against the municipality, while still refusing to pay municipal fees for the common areas they use.

The Condili sharp suspension:

His article notia.gr for the case:

Strange games of ETAD on the beach of Alimos

The Municipality of Alimos will appeal to the Prosecutor’s Office against ETAD for the strange games played on the beach, at the expense of public property.

The Mayor, Andreas Kondylis, at the municipal council held on Wednesday (17/4), referred in detail to the very serious issue that has arisen and warned ETAD that if it continues to question the contract with the Municipality for the concession of the beach front (from the marina to the open beach), in addition to appealing to the Prosecutor’s Office, will proceed with dynamic mobilizations. “We will have social unrest and we will all gather on the beach. We are talking about public property that no lawyer and no ETAD can manage as if it were their small business” said the Mayor.

Let us remind you that the Mayor of Kallithea, Costas Askounis, has filed a lawsuit against ETAD in order to investigate the potential commission or attempted commission of criminal acts, which are related to the announcement of the electronic open tender by the “Public Real Estate Company S.A.” for the long-term lease of part of Zone III of the Faliro Olympic Pole, which includes Water Square, the last large free space in the city.

Andreas Kondylis, at the municipal council meeting, referred to beach businesses that have set up an “industry” of lawsuits against the municipality, refusing to pay municipal fees for the common areas they use.

“We have significant developments in the matter concerning the beach, in the section referred to as Zephyros, from the marina of Alimos to the first open coast, the part that the municipality has taken from ETAD and manages in which there are two shops of health interest, “Penarubia” and the former “Ellados Apkreni” and now “Maridaki”. There is an ongoing industry litigating from the specific businesses that they do not mean to accept the imposition of legality. They don’t mean to pay for the common areathey don’t mean to accept the decisions of the municipality” said the Mayor

Some people start and sell madness

“We went so far as to file a complaint as you remember and they appealed, listen to this, to the Decentralized Administration of Attica, to annul the decision of the municipal council. In other words, for the exercise of a civil right for which the Decentralized has no reason. And they claim that the municipality does not have the right to terminate the contract to which he is a party. The company says that the municipality does not have the right to terminate it, because the area belongs to ETAD and has granted it to it, but the grant is invalid and the contract that ETAD has with the municipality is invalid and therefore the municipality is condemned to have a contract with a company that can violate the contract and do whatever it wants.

These are things that do not stand, we have escaped the bounds of seriousness and reason, some people start selling madness. I understand the rationale is we will sell madness as long as we can, stay with courts, appeals, injunctions, as long as we can and when we lose the courts let them find us to get their money back. In any case, there are some companies that themselves write in the documents that they have financial problems.”

The strange role of the ETAD lawyer

Andreas Kondylis referred to a lawyer of ETAD who appears in the courts and supports the positions of the specific company.

“All this would have been in the realm of surrealism if a lawyer from ETAD named Panos Papas had not appeared. It is presented to the courts and authorities contested by the company against the municipality and supports the business, on behalf of ETAD. Some of these petitions are manifestly unfounded. So here ETAD comes and says to cancel the actions of the municipality, Mr. Stathokostopoulos is right, without the law providing for such a right of ETAD. ETAD also appears and says that he wants the abuses on the beach and asks to be settled. He also asks and that is dangerous to annul the decisions of the municipal council on the imposition of municipal fees in public areas. Some have literally escaped. We have been making municipal council decisions for 30 years to impose municipal fees on public areas, including the public areas of the beach, and here comes ETAD after 30 years and says “I don’t like this because you call the beach a public space. The beach is not a shared space, it is private“. Now they remembered, here we have contracts that they themselves say is shared beach space. We have decisions for 30 years they say “imposition of municipal fees in the coastal zone in public areas”. And the ETAD suddenly comes, and tells us it is not a shared space, the contract is not valid, you do not have the right to impose fees, the municipal fees decision should be annulled. Why all this now?”

Condili’s letter to the ETAD administration

The Mayor has sent a letter to ETAD and is asking for answers about all these strange things happening on the beach.

“I have sent a letter to the management of ETAD and I ask to know which body exists that decided, if it exists and if it decided, to take these legal actions in the name of ETAD Mr. Papas. I guess a lawyer can’t do all this alone, there has to be a decision by some governing body. Which is the governing body that decided that the contract that ETAD has with the Municipality is not valid; Because we have a decision of the ETAD Board of Directors, approval of the General Assembly, a signed contract posted in the transparency and a lawyer appears and says it is not valid? Who says it, does ETAD say it? Did the board make a decision?

I know that only scammers put their signature and then take it back on their words “I have signed but it is not valid..” These are serious issues and if necessary we will go to the prosecutor. Because we are not talking about a private plot of land, we are talking about a coastal area which has a special legal character, a special legal nature and for which special provisions and special presidential decrees apply. We are waiting to see if ETAD will respond and what they will respond.

The issue will come back, if ETAD or some people related to ETAD continue to operate in this way, that is, in favor of private interests, I say this clearly, and against the public interest. I mean, what does ETAD have in mind not to impose public space fees? Should companies not pay? What will he win? However, the municipality will lose revenue. And anyway if everyone goes to the beach and grabs an area whatever he wants and he can do whatever he wants and if the contract the Municipality has with ETAD is not valid, what has ETAD done all these years to collect money from the use of the beach? Other chapters are opened, infidelities, etc. If ETAD persists in this impermissible, indecent, unacceptable mode of operation, in addition to the prosecutor, I am afraid that we will also have social unrest. We will all gather on the beach, we will also publicize everything that is happening. We are talking about public property that no lawyer and no ETAD can manage as if it were their small business.”