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The imposition of a very large fine on the team of Katastari has provoked the wrath of public opinion in the region and the reaction of the people of sport, as it leads to the annihilation of a small amateur club, which stars in the sporting events of our island at national level categories.
The fine was imposed several months ago, by the Deputy-Regional Chief of Zakynthos and despite the efforts made for it to be cancelled, there is no progress and the 20,000 euros fine leads the team to a ‘sporting death’.
THE TIME THAT ZAKYNTHOS WAS A RUBBISH-DUMP
It all started when, after a com plaint, a check was carried out on a plot that the church had given to Katastari to build, in the future, a stadium for the team. The complaint concerned pollution of that land where rubbish and debris had been dumped, at that time when no rubbish was being collected and the whole island was literally drowning in rubbish.
An autopsy followed, by the competent department of the Regional Unity of Zakynthos and then the team of Katastari, with its own money, entered and cleaned up the area. But the fine was imposed without a re-check.
The administration of the Katastari team, when they were informed that an exhausting fine had been imposed on them, moved in all directions but found no response.
The lawyer of the team contacted the Deputy-Regional Chief of Zakynthos, but a solution to the problem couldn’t be found there either and the fine, with all legal procedures, was confirmed.
It has been 14 months since then and the actions taken have not brought the expected result for the team to breath a sigh of relief, waiting to be able to continue to play in the stadiums without the fear of so many thousands of euros that they must find and pay.
Some even see political feasibility behind it all.
Among other things there were legal moves, such as a special administrative appeal against the decision of the Deputy-Regional Chief of Zakynthos, Lefteris Niotopoulos, which was filed with the Secretary General of Decentralized Administration of the Peloponnese – W. Greece-Ionian.
Furthermore an administrative appeal was filed with the Administrative Court of First Instance of Pyrgos against the decision, of the Decentralized Administration, to cancel the fine.
The team says it’s a small amateur club with meagre resources, which aims at exercising young people of the village, in sports, and they were given a hefty fine, at the time the landfill site at Skopos was closed, and the whole island had been turned into a rubbish dump. Except for unfair treatment, the club has no claims to the land as it has been granted to them, by the Holy Monastery of Agios Yiannis the Baptist, so that they can use the land.
AFTER THE FINE AN … AWARD
A few weeks ago the Region of the Ionian Islands held an event, in the amphitheatre of the Ionian University in Panagoula (former TEI) and there all the teams of the island were awarded for their contribution to sport.
When the team of Katastari was summoned to receive their award, President Dimitris Skiadopoulos ascended the steps, he refused to accept the prize, having the fine of 20 thousand weighing on everyone and having the inability to pay such a large amount. In front of the Regional Governor, Theodoros Galiatsatos, MP Stavros Kontonis and other authorities, Mr. Skiadopoulos told what had happened and then departed, refusing to accept the award.
Currently the fine is still in its position, and none of the authorities has made any move to eliminate or reduce it.
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