Council of State to discuss case against Piraeus Port privatisation on Tuesday
A case against the privatisation of Piraeus port, brought by local government agencies and local bodies, is to be discussed before the Council of State, Greece's supreme administrative court, on Tuesday.
Piraeus Deputy Regional Governor Giorgos Gavrilis has submitted a nine-page memorandum outlining the positions of the Attica regional authority on the issue, opposing the privatisation and saying that a petition by local bodies for the cancellation of the process must be approved.
Among others, the regional authority notes that the Piraeus Port Authority has responsibilities that "belong to the core of state authority and that cannot be exercised by private owners or purely private-sector legal entities, such as public safety, protection of the environment and others."
The sale of 67 pct of shares in the port there would be no guarantee of a real ability to continue state supervision, it added.
