Athens University rector on deputies entering the university
Athens University Rector Theodoros Fortsakis on Tuesday said that the university is a place for professors and students and everyone else should ask for permission to enter, while speaking on ANT1 TV.
"Can a deputy enter your house without permission? Can I go into SYRIZA's offices without permission?" Fortsakis asked. "Everyone is welcome at the university, including SYRIZA deputies, provided they have a permission," he added.
"Three deputies pushed their way past the university entrance and allowed students, administrative staff and other people we don't know, to occupy the area. It is obvious that we have a situation of abnormality. As long as this situation exists, we cannot have a dialogue," the rector noted.
Fortsakis called on the people who remain at the rectorship site to leave, otherwise they will have to face the consequences of the law.
Commenting on the issue via the radio station 'Vima FM', SYRIZA secretary Dimitris Vitsas stressed that "It is fundamental that universities operate, that they are open to society and that the academic area is free...Protection and control of access cannot be imposed with face control, security or anything else."
While condemning vandalism and destruction in universities and all public buildings as "inexcusable", he stressed that the university itself had guards and administrative personnel and a "great force on its own, which are the students".
"It must avert such phenomena. This is not negotiable. And also facilitate the exchange of ideas, facilitate knowledge," he added.
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