Individuals who are responsible for starting wildfires even unintentionally will face jail time and much heftier fines, ministers for Justice Giorgos Floridis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Thursday after meeting to discuss new legislation governing arson-related crimes.
“The Justice Ministry is in the process of revising the fundamental provisions of the Criminal Code, based on which we will seek to significantly reduce the prevailing sense of impunity in Greek society. What do I mean by that? That prison sentences will have to be served,” said Floridis.
“The crime of deliberate arson is already punished with lengthy prison sentences. The fundamental change in the Criminal Code will be that prison sentences of a certain length for arson by negligence will also be served,” the justice minister added.
Kikilias went on to say that fines for starting fires will also be increased significantly – similarly to legislation governing animal abuse – and may reach as high as 30,000 euros.
“The cost we pay every year is significant, primarily in our effort to protect human life. It is a matter of public interest. It is about safeguarding the people from the onslaught of wildfires. It is criminal negligence; it is no longer mere negligence,” he said.
PS heavy fines of 30,000 per animal abuse haven’t hindered abuse to keep doing their malicious crimes, and so neither will hinder heftier fines the grandpa in the village to set some dry branches on fire.
“Individuals who are responsible for starting wildfires even unintentionally will face jail time and much heftier fines, ministers for Justice Giorgos Floridis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Thursday after meeting to discuss new legislation governing arson-related crimes.”
Yet more Smoke and Mirrors.
Dr Bernard Eastlund/HAARP should be held accountable for their actions regarding current weather states. If you have the technology to move the Jet Stream, then you have great power. HAARP does that.
…especially when grandpa was just a convenient patsy and the fire was set to clear land for a multimillion development project. until the upside down incentives are ended, there will be a profit in burning forest for development, on the big end of things, and a pressure to uproot any tree as soon as the first shoot appears, on the small end of things, so that people don’t lose their property rights on their own land. End these backwards incentives- flat out no development projects in forested land, fire or no fire, and let people cut (or even just trim) trees on their own property without fear of crushing penalties, and youll see fewer fires being set, less corruption of the process of justice for fires which _do_ happen by negligence or even arson , as well as people planting trees willingly on their own property!
just more fines and penalties on people, of course, if retarded, but thats also the only thing the greek government knows how to do it seems.