TOMORROW JANUARY 22 THE APPEAL OF THE ARCHEOLOGISTS
TO THE COUNCIL OF STATE
THIS IS IS THE MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE
Classical Numismatic Group
Mail Bid Sale 84
Auction date: 5 May 2010
Lot number: 847
Price realized: 800 USD + buyer's fees.
3rd century AD. Ζ (27mm, 10.97 g, 1h).
Obv: ALEXANDROU, Diademed head of Alexander right
with loose, flowing hair.
Rev: KOINON MAKEDONWN B NEOKOR OLYM/PIA,
two temples viewed in perspective, vis-ΰ-vis.
AMNG III 796 (Gordian III); cf. SNG Copenhagen 1378.
Good VF, dark green patina.
From the Tuck Pittman Collection.
Ex Christopher Morcom Collection
(Classical Numismatic Group 76/1, 12 September 2007),
lot 1041; Clarence S. Bement Collection.
Used with permission of CNG coins, www.cngcoins.com, May, 2010
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Finally, tomorrow, January 22, 2019
the appeal of the Association of Greek Archaeologists
to the Council of State will be adjudicated
by a 7-member committee, which was initially scheduled
for January 21st, regarding the illegal abusive
and unconstitutional transfer of our archaeological sites
to the usurer, ETAD, ex TAIPED.
We remind you, that the archaeological sites
are protected by the constitution
and according to the relevant law,
they cannot be confiscated.
We quote the original text from the official website
of the Association of Greek Archaeologists,
which refers to the initially scheduled date of January 21.
ASSOCIATION OF GREEK ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Ermou 136 Street, 10553 Athens.
Tel-Fax .: 2103252214,
E-mail: archaeol@otenet.gr, www.sea.org.gr
Athens, 26/11/2018
No. of Protocol: 306
PRESS RELEASE
On 21 January is the hearing of the appeal
of the Association of Greek Archeologists to the Council of State,
for the transfer of monuments to the Hyperfund.
About a two and a half months,
after the first identification of the properties
listed in the Tsakalotos - Hyperfund list,
with the 10,119 properties of the Greek State transferred to ETAD SA,
no institutional action has been taken
by the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of Culture and Sports
to exempt from the transfer, the monuments, archaeological sites, museums,
properties expropriated for archaeological purposes
and other buildings under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture.
The announcement of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
on 22/11/2018, which informs
that "the examination of the 10,119 properties mentioned
in the Ministerial Order No. 0004586 EX 2018
Decision of the Minister of Finance, has been completed,
and the relevant list
of those subject to the exceptions of Art. 196 of Law 4389/2016
has already been forwarded to the Minister of Finance ",
without, however, publicing not even the number
of the properties identified
(which according to information is about 2,300 properties!),
it does not reassure us in any way
about institutional safeguarding
of the exception of the monuments, at least until
the answer expected by the Minister of Finance, is received.
Unfortunately, Mr Tsakalotos on 13/11/2018,
responding to the 10/10/2009 question by MP
of the "Democratic Front",
avoided committing as to the way
by which the exception will be implemented,
referring the process to the indefinate future.
In particular, Mr. Tsakalotos refers one, on the last minute,
"thorough examination of the geophysical and legal profile
of the properties" of the list,
in order to determine which of them are suitable for transfer,
noting that it is "targeted large-scale search
which takes place in depth and takes time. "
He does not answer, of course,
why this process did not precede, as it would be the logical,
the contested decision of the KYSOEP
(86 / 18.6.2018 - Government Gazette 2317 / Τ.Β / 19.6.2018)
and the adoption of the Ministerial Decision 0004586 Ε2018 / 19.6.2018
(Government Gazette 2320 / Τ.Β / 19.6.2018).
In addition, the Ministry of Culture, in its 23/10/2018 announcement,
was stating categorically that: "No transfer or management act
has not been attempted and will not be attempted by the ETAD
for the list of 10.119 National Cadastre Numbers,
before the identification of the excluded properties is completed,
which is being carried out by the Ministry of Culture and other agencies.
There is, moreover, a corresponding search
concerning the list of about 72,000 properties
which the ETAD has come to manage from the past. "
However, ETAD SA proceeds, as if everything is normal,
in real estate transfers, of properties
that have been transferred to it since last September
(according to the minutes of meeting
of the Board of Directors of ETAD 559 / 5.9.2018),
long before the real estate examination is completed
by the Ministry of Culture.
Which is true finally?
That ETAD SA's Board is not aware
of what the ministers concerned have announced,
or that the announcements of the ministers are void?
The government, despite its reluctance,
it will need to proceed immediately to institutional moves,
since the motion for annulment
filed by the Association of Greek Archaeologists,
together with the Mayors of Patras and Sparta,
before the Council of State,
has been determined to be examined on 21 January 2019.
Until then, the Minister of Finance will have to
either institutionally exempt the monuments
and the buildings involved with the Ministry of Culture
or to come to the Council of State
and to defend the transfer signed by him.
In any case, oral commitments and press releases
obviously there is no way to be taken into account by the Supreme Court.
So let the government take on its responsibilities
and let it stop obstructing and blurring the waters.
We demand:
1. The immediate publication of the full list
of the archaeological sites, monuments and museums
and in general of the real estates
used by the Archaeological Service
and which are included
in the list of 10,119 properties
which are transferred to ETAD SA.
2. That a relevant Ministerial Decision is issued
with the expressed exemption
from the transfer of any right (either ownership and/or management)
of all above and the surrounding area of these or part of them
which do not fall under the provisions
of paragraph 4 of article 196 of Law 4389/2016,
to the ETAD SA and any related company or organization forever.
The same applies to any other similar properties
which will be revealed or characterized in the future,
completing our cultural heritage.
3. The safeguarding by law
that monuments, archaeological sites, museums
and other related property of the Archaeological Service,
which are included in paragraph 5
of Article 196 of Law 4389/2016,
are also exempt from the transfer,
for which the political leadership
of the Ministry of Culture itself, accepts that,
even if the transfer of ownership is exempted,
ETAD SA maintains their management
and therefore takes the income they generate.
This concerns 72,000 properties,
which by the time of the publication of Law 4389/16
had already been transferred,
while due to their automatic protection by the Constitution,
their management by ETAD SA should have been exempted.
4. The legislative safeguarding
of the buildings of archaeological museums,
archaeological warehouses
and related buildings or open-air spaces,
which belong to the Greek state and are used
for the needs of the Archaeological Service,
the preservation of antiquities
and for archaeological purposes in general.
Source: The Official Website
of the Association of Greek Archaeologists
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