Specifically, a crew of the municipality, assisted by men of the Famagusta Police Department, dismantled and removed from the beach, a dock used for the boarding of customers on yachts, which belonged to Evangelos Georgiou. The dock has not been used for about a year, after the well-known measures taken by the Municipality of Ayia Napa last year, to remove the old managers of these posts, based on legislation approved by the Ministry of Interior.
The dock was moved after its demolition to an area belonging to the Municipality of Ayia Napa. However, the owner stated that he considers the action of the Municipality of Ayia Napa illegal and will take legal action against him, while he also accused the mayor Giannos Karousos for revenge behavior against him, because together with other former owners they filed lawsuits after their eviction from the premises. their work.
He also claimed that three times he called the mayor of Ayia Napa to allow him to repair the dock and work, at least until the issue is legally clarified, but met with his refusal.
He added that he and almost all of his former colleagues were having trouble surviving their dismissal and that some, like him, were having trouble repaying their debts.
Evangelos Georgiou and some of his colleagues even claimed in their statements that "the legislation of the Ministry of Interior that the Municipality of Ayia Napa invokes as an excuse for these behaviors is invalid and this will soon become clear, through the lawsuits that have been filed before it. Of Justice ".
Specifically, as they mentioned, about ten lawsuits have already been registered or are about to be registered, ie by about half of the owners who were active before the Municipality of Ayia Napa terminated their licenses.
The complainants also criticized the mayor of Ayia Napa for "selectively discovering illegalities in the municipality, reducing those that do not interest him and burying those that interest him."
Source: Liberal