Filenews 8 May 2023 - by Dora Christodoulou
The situation in the city of Pafos has recently got out of hand regarding vandalism in parks and other public spaces of the Pafos Municipality in which landscaping and regeneration works have just been completed, as well as in the information boards of Public Works and other authorities.
This fact creates strong reactions and irritation in the Municipality of Pafos, especially after the situation of the Municipal Park "Dasoudi", which is being renovated as part of the wider renovation of Ellados Avenue, but also the outdoor areas of the Stelios Kyriakides stadium, which was the straw that broke the glass for the municipal authority.
Officials of the Municipality raise the issue of inadequate controls by the police authorities, but also wrong decisions by state or independent authorities of the Republic, given that the Municipality strongly requested that the installation of cameras be allowed to deal with these phenomena, which was rejected. On this issue, however, the competent Commissioner for Personal Data Protection had replied last October to the municipal authority that this issue does not come up against its own denial, but against the provisions of the Municipalities Law itself, which needs to be amended.
The continuation of vandalism in parts of the city that have recently been renovated and beautified, however, intensifies the climate of anger in the Municipal Palace, with local authority officials working on plans for more active involvement of the Traffic Service in cases of detection of suspicious movements of young people or actions of an anti-social nature.
