Summary

Apokoronas Mayor Charalampos Koukianakis has announced that he will no longer engage in public online debates, and will instead respond to all questions and complaints exclusively at Municipal Council meetings. Residents with concerns are invited to submit them in writing to the council and attend the session in person to hear the answers and make their case directly. The mayor says the move is about protecting the community from endless political squabbling and restoring meaningful, transparent dialogue — noting that council sessions have been live-streamed since 2014 for exactly that reason.

Apokoronas Mayor calls time on online political disputes

Apokoronas Mayor Charalampos Koukianakis has made a firm public commitment: from now on, he will only answer questions, allegations, and complaints at official Municipal Council sessions — not on social media, not through public online exchanges.

What prompted this announcement?

In a press release dated August 25, 2026, Koukianakis described a pattern of fragmented online posts, selective quoting, and endless digital back-and-forth that he says serves no one — least of all the residents of Apokoronas. He drew a clear distinction between legitimate public scrutiny, which he says he welcomes and actively seeks out, and the kind of online noise that distorts rather than informs.

What does this mean for residents?

If you have a question, a complaint, or evidence of something you believe needs to be addressed, the mayor is asking you to:

Submit your concern in writing to the Municipal Council of Apokoronas

Attend the council meeting in person to hear the response and present your own arguments

Engage in the full conversation — not just the parts that appear in someone else's social media post

A tradition of open council sessions

Koukianakis points out that Apokoronas has been live-streaming all Municipal Council sessions since 2014 — so any resident who cannot attend in person can still watch the full debate, hear every answer, and form their own opinion based on the complete picture, not a highlight reel.

The bigger picture

The mayor is clear that public oversight is not only acceptable but essential. Questions are a right. Complaints must be investigated. But those processes need to happen through proper channels, in a setting where the full truth can be heard — not through a medium where, as he puts it, everyone ends up keeping only what suits them.

Apokoronas, he says, has real problems and real needs that demand daily attention. A community locked in permanent political conflict cannot get that work done. His choice, as he frames it, is to protect social cohesion and restore dialogue that is genuinely useful — not to him personally, but to Apokoronas.

Press Release – Dialogue and responses to the institutional bodies of the Municipality – with seriousness and responsibility.

August 25, 2026, 10:10 AM

There is a moment when the Mayor must draw a clear line, because the social and municipal life of Apokoronas cannot become a field of endless confrontations, exaggerations, and public quarrels, which ultimately cost the place itself.

Public scrutiny is absolutely legitimate and necessary, questions are a right, and complaints, where they exist, must be investigated.

But all of this has an institutional path, which is why I call on all those who have questions, complaints, or evidence to submit them in writing to the Municipal Council of Apokoronas.

And it is not enough merely to submit a document — those who truly want answers, I invite them to be present at the session, to hear the responses and to put forward their arguments, so that a substantive, clear, and constructive dialogue may take place.

This is how Democracy works — not through fragmented posts, not through the selective use of phrases, and not through an endless online confrontation where in the end everyone keeps only what serves them.

Apokoronas deserves better, it deserves to know the whole truth and not just pieces of it — this, moreover, was the reason why since 2014 we chose the direct broadcasts of the Municipal Council sessions, so that every citizen can hear the entire dialogue, see the positions and the responses, and form their own opinion.

And this we will continue to do.

I have nothing to fear from institutional oversight — on the contrary, I seek it.

I do, however, have a responsibility toward Apokoronas not to allow the municipal life of the place to become trapped in a permanent state of confrontation, at a time when there are real problems and great needs that require daily work — which is why my decision is clear:

From here on, I will answer in the Municipal Council — that is where questions will be submitted and answers will be given.

Because Apokoronas needs more truth, more seriousness and accountability — and this is my own choice:

To protect the social cohesion and the peace of our community and to make dialogue useful again — not for us,

for Apokoronas.

Charalampos Koukianakis

Mayor of Apokoronas