The tabling of an amendment to recruit 500 coast guard officers through a process outside the national civil service exams is yet another episode in the old-school political practice of raising false hopes, according to a statement from PASOK.
Development is achieved neither through one-off subsidies to segments of the population nor through one-off hiring.
The process of recruiting the necessary number of new recruits to the Hellenic Coast Guard through the Panhellenic Examinations is the necessary merit-based and impartial procedure for meeting the needs and continuously upgrading the Hellenic Coast Guard.