Ο Δήμαρχος έχει τονίσει επανειλημμένα ότι η Εγχώριος είναι το μεγάλο μας όπλο στο θέμα των Αιολικών πάρκων. Εδώ όμως, έχουμε σαμποτάζ εκ των έσω.
Όχι μόνο η ίδια η Εγχώριος υπονομεύει τον δίκαιο αγώνα των Κυθηρίων να
προστατεύσουν τον τόπο τους αλλά με τέτοιου τύπου παλινωδίες, υπονομεύει
και τον ίδιο τον θεσμό.
Ως προς την δικαιολογία οτι «άλλο το ανεμόμετρο και άλλο η
ανεμογεννήτριες» και «γιατί να πούμε
όχι σε 3000 ευρώ/χρόνο για μόλις 225 τμ γης;», ζητάμε να απαντήσουν όλα τα
μέλη του ΔΣ της Εγχωρίου και ειδικά ο πρόεδρος:
- Ήταν πραγματικά ομόφωνη η απόφαση;
- Αν όντως θεωρήθηκε οτι το μίσθωμα ήταν «ευκαιρία», τότε γιατί οι ενέργειες της Εγχωρίου έγιναν εσπευσμένα και εν κρυπτώ;
- Είστε
εκπρόσωποι των Κυθηρίων ή όχι; Πώς μπορούμε να έχουμε εμπιστοσύνη σε
έναν πρόεδρο και ένα συμβούλιο που εμφανέστατα δεν έχουν καταλάβει τι
εκπροσωπούν;
- Εάν εν μέσω κινητοποιήσεων αποφασίζετε μόνοι σας, τι σας εμποδίζει μεθαύριο να αποδεχτείτε μίσθωμα για ανεμογεννήτριες;
- Συμβουλευτήκατε
δικηγόρο πριν την εσπευσμένη αποδοχή του αιτήματος μίσθωσης; Έχετε
αντιληφθεί οτι αποδεχόμενοι αίτημα μίσθωσης για ανεμόμετρο απεμπολήσατε
το δικαίωμα απόρριψης αιτήματος μίσθωσης για ανεμογεννήτριες; Διότι
νομικά, πώς δημιουργείτε κόστος (μίσθωσης χώρου) για μια εταιρεία, εάν
προτίθεστε να απορρίψετε την μελλοντική επένδυση;
- Εξετάσατε το
ενδεχόμενο το αίτημα για ανεμόμετρο στα Αντικύθηρα (έναν τόπο
περιβαλλοντικά πολλαπλά προστατευόμενο, με μοναδικό ορνιθοπανίδα,
παρατηρητήριο πουλιών, και αστρονομικό σταθμό) να ήταν προσχηματικό για
να δημιουργήσει το παραπάνω τετελεσμένο, ειδικά στην χρονική συγκυρία
που κατετέθη;
- Εσάς ποτέ δεν σας είπαν να μην παίρνετε καραμέλες
από αγνώστους; Έχετε αντιληφθεί οτι για 3000 ευρώ δεν έχετε νοικιάσει
225τμ αλλά έχετε ξεπουλήσει τον αγώνα των κατοίκων των Κυθήρων;
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English
NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM STRANGERS
On 29.01.2020 (i.e. a week after RAE issued the
first license for the production of electricity from a wind farm on Kythira),
the company «Hellenic Technodomiki Energeiaki SA» submitted to ENHORIOS
(the domestic committee administrating Kythirian land) a request to lease an
area in Antikythira for the installation of an anemometer.
On 03.02.2020 the Mayor sent an URGENT letter
to the Energy Regulatory Authority (RAE) where he was surprised to discover the
issuance of 2 licenses for wind energy production. Among other things, he stated:
«…. we ask to be fully informed of
every relevant element, in order to exercise our legal rights«. During
the following weeks and for the whole of February there was a great reaction
from the local community with articles, discussions/presentations in villages
and actual legal action. Despite the unprecedented mobilization, neither the
president nor any member of the ENHORIOS informed the citizens of Kythira about
the existence of the above request!
On 17.02.2020, an invitation was sent for a
regular Municipal Council meeting with the sole topic of discussion to be on
requests for wind farm electricity generation with the participation of the
President of ENHORIOS.
But while the Municipal Council had been
convened, ahead of its meeting, ENHORIOS hurried and unanimously approved the
lease of the land in Antikythira! (On 21.02.2020 with the 04/2020 minutes of
the Meeting of ENHORIOS, decision 18/2020 – ΑΔΑ: 9ΨΧΛΟΡ18-Π0Ε).
On 25.02.2020, during the long meeting of the
Municipal Council, although the president of ENHORIOS took the floor, he concealed
his rental action just 4 days earlier! We note that the Municipal Council
(04/2020 Minutes of the Meeting) decided «To request in writing from ENHORIOS not to take any action for the lease of land if a relevant request is
submitted to it by wind farm installation companies […]«.
In summary:
• On January 29, a company submits a request
for an anemometer to ENHORIOS. While the island is in turmoil, the president
hides this fact and does not inform anyone.
• On Monday, February 17, ENHORIOS is invited
to the Municipal Council to discuss wind turbines. At noon of the same day, the
president of ENHORIOS hurriedly invites the members to a meeting to take place BEFORE
the Municipal Council.
• On Friday, February 21 (just two working days
before the Municipal Council meets) ENHORIOS decides unanimously to approve the
lease of the space for the anemometer.
• On Tuesday, February 25, the Municipal
Council decides to ask ENHORIOS not to issue any leases! The President of ENHORIOS
conceals that he has already done so a few days earlier.
The Mayor has repeatedly
stressed that ENHORIOS is Kythira’s great weapon in the matter of wind
farms. But in this case we have sabotage from within. Not only ENHORIOS
itself undermines the fair struggle of the Kythirian community to
protect their island but with such subterfuge, it undermines the
institution of ENHORIOS itself.
As for the excuse that «an anemometer is one thing and wind turbines
another» and «why say no to
3000 euros/year for merely 225 sq m of land?», we demand all the
members of ENHORIOS and especially the president to answer:
• Was the decision to approve the lease
actually unanimous?
• If indeed the lease was considered an
«opportunity», then why did ENHORIOS‘s actions take place in such
haste and in secret?
• Are you representatives of Kythira or not?
How can we have confidence in a president and a council that have not clearly
understood what they should stand for?
• If you are able to ignore such turmoil and
make unrepresentative decisions, what prevents you from granting a lease for
wind turbines the next day?
• Did you consult a lawyer before the hasty
acceptance of the lease application? Have you realized that accepting a rental
request for an anemometer severely weakens any legal basis to refuse wind
turbines? If you intend to reject a company’s future plans, then why allow them
to begin an investment when this investment gives them a legal footing?
• Did you never consider that the request for
an anemometer on Antikythira (an environmentally protected place, with a unique
bird fauna, bird observatory and an astronomy outpost) was a pretense to create
the above situation?
• Have you realized that what you achieved for
3000 euros is not leasing 225sqm but selling out the struggle of the residents
of Kythira?
• Never had you been advised not to take candy from strangers?
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Κύθηρα, Ιούλιος 2020, Συντακτική Ομάδα Dragonera Rossa