Athens Mayor Kaminis? Voice Against Extremism
Yannis Palaiologos - Time Magazine
Greek-American George Kaminis has found that being Mayor of Athens is a challenge as he tries to steer a path for what's best for the city while running a gauntlet of opposition from the left and the right. For that, he's been assaulted twice.
ATHENS - On June 4, George Kaminis, the mild-mannered mayor of Athens, visited Greece?s Minister of Citizen Protection, Nikos Dendias, to discuss a legislative proposal put forth by the ministry for the regulation of minor demonstrations in Athens. Kaminis, a moderately left-wing former constitutional lawyer, is not one to crack down on dissent, but he had reached the end of his tether. Retailers and hotel owners located in the city center have long complained about the frequency with which downtown Athens is shut down because of gatherings of a few dozen people (796 with less than 200 participants last year), and of the damage inflicted upon their stores when larger demonstrations get out of hand. ?Everyone has rights - the protesters as well as the store-owners downtown. That?s how parliamentary democracy is meant to work,? Kaminis says.
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July 13, 2013
Source: http://www.thenationalherald.com/article/59928
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