City of Kos to conduct referendum over construction of hotspot
The city council of Kos decided late Monday (08/02/2016) to conduct a referendum on the construction or not of a hotspot for refugees on the island.
During the council's meeting, Kos mayor Giorgos Kyritsis stated: "Provided that the government's officials and the MP elected believe that the majority of the population supports the constructions of the hotspot, I gave orders to the municipality's general director to examine the procedures so that a local referendum is held and the citizens decide."
The representative of Kos citizens that attended the meeting said that already 7,000 citizen have signed that they are against the hotspot.
