His seal Principot decided yesterday Municipality of Mykonos. It is outrageous that, as it turned out, the business received a license to operate from its service. Ministry of Tourismwhich was also asked to be withdrawn.

For its part, the company announced an appeal to Justice reverse the decisions against her. At the same time, preparation for demolition on the island, based on earlier demolition protocols.

Events are developing rapidly. Yesterday at noon, the Municipal Quality of Life Committee held an emergency meeting where it was unanimously decided to suspend the Principote license in Panormos and proceed with its sealing.

Police help

“Since there is no municipal police in the municipality, we turned to the police for help,” – says “K” the mayor of Mykonos Kostas Koukas.. “Of course, it is not enough just to seal the store, but also to control it. Let me remind you that in 2016 we sealed and reprinted Principote and finally … it worked fine. It produced an autoflowering summer.”

Characteristic of the absurdity of the law is that, as it turned out, the Principote received a license to operate a medical services store and from Cyclades Regional Tourist Office (PYT).which is administered by the Ministry of Tourism. According to the information, the suspension of this license was also requested.

“The business is doing everything possible to be insured. We have had cases in the past where the municipality denied a license to a medical supply store and then applied to PYT and obtained a license. There is a duplication of responsibilities and one does not inform the other,” says Mr Koukas. According to sources from the Ministry of Tourism, this is a “disclosure” of business from 2021, when Principot also had licensed rooms (which “justifies” the participation of this particular service). However, according to the ministry, today the head of the service in Mykonos will conduct an investigation into other violations of tourism laws.

Rapid developments in Mykonos. The municipality unanimously decided to proceed with the sealing of Principot.

The day before yesterday, the Ministry of the Environment demanded the revocation of the Principote’s operating license by sending an urgent letter to the municipality and the South Aegean region. This was preceded by a finalization of the decision of the Central Council for Urban Planning (KESYPOTHA), which finalized the opinion / autopsy report of environmental inspectors (with the exception of some small areas).

As expected, Principote’s side will immediately go on the counterattack. “We consider KESYPOTHA’s decision illegal. He twisted the law and ignored all our claims.” indicated in “K” company lawyer, Michalis Farandos. “We will exhaust all legal means to prevent the removal of the Principote. At the moment, 700 people are at risk of losing their jobs.”

In addition to the suspension of the license, in accordance with the recent law 5037/23, the finalization of the KESYPOTHA findings provides for a sanction procedure that includes declaring unauthorized structures demolishable, initiating criminal proceedings, etc.

Demolition preparation

At that time, according to “K”, demolition preparations in Mykonos are also ongoing under the supervision of the Aegean Appeal Prosecutor, Mr. Tzorbatsoglu. The Construction Authority of Syros (which owns Mykonos) is currently looking into “old” coastal and beach demolition protocols that have been finalized in previous years. However, what has been proven by other similar cases in the past (for example, in Schinias, see “K” 1/19/2016) is that often, when services go to demolish an arbitrary building, they find that an arbitrary “originated” from the very beginning. the time it was first recorded. If the difference is large, then for the demolition of arbitrariness it will have to be recorded again, which, however, “resets the counter” of the procedure, since the new autopsy protocol must also be final. In any case, the demolition protocols relating to Mykonos do not address major urban violations.