Addressing a greeting to the first meeting of the National Council on Life-Long Learning and connection with Employment, Prime Minister George Papandreou said that he will ask all the political parties, through dialogue, to agree to a legislative regulation which will prohibit sale or transfer of ownership of public land and that that this be contained in the next constitutional revision.
Papandreou added that only Parliament will be given the authority to decide on the transfer of small expanses of land.
This, he said, is the government's reply to the current conjuncture but also in the long-term, and reiterated: "Our firm position is -- and I say this to everyone inside and outside the country who have not appreciated it -- that we are talking about exploitation of the state assets for development and for debt repayment. The term 'exploitation' should not be confused with the term 'sale'. Greece is not selling its land."
"Our obligation is to make deep-rooted changes and rid the country of dependence and Memorandums. No one is proud that, every so often, some gentlemen come and inspect our work," Papandreou said in an indirect reference to the EU-IMF troika's recent press conference in Athens and ensuing reactions.
Source: ANA-MPA
