Prime Minister George Papandreou announced on Tuesday, that the government will take a legislative initiative in the next few days that will prohibit the sale or transfer of ownership of public land.
Addressing a greeting to the first meeting of the National Council on Life-Long Learning and connection with Employment, Papandreou added that he will ask all the political parties, through dialogue, to agree to such a legislative regulation and at a later time, with the revision of the Constitution, that this be contained in the Constitution as well.
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.”
(source: ana-mpa)
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