Filippos Argyros resigned from his post as deputy mayor, having submitted a letter of resignation on Tuesday 9 September 2026, which was registered under reference number 71469. The Mayor of Spata-Artemida, Dimitrios Markou, accepted the resignation the following day, by means of Mayor’s Decision No. 669 (ref. no. 71703/10-09-2026), which was published on the ‘Diaugia’ transparency portal.
By the same decision, the mayor partially revokes the previous decision 473/2026 and stipulates that the powers that had been delegated to the resigning deputy mayor shall be exercised temporarily by the mayor himself, until a new decision on the administrative structure is issued. The remaining deputy mayors remain in their posts.
Philip Argyros was appointed as an unpaid deputy mayor with specific responsibilities on 1 July 2026, by Decision No. 473/49597. His term of office lasted 70 days.
The responsibilities he was losing were among the most wide-ranging within the organisation: oversight of planning matters and local development plans, cross-sectoral actions for sustainable development, management of European programmes and funding, inspection and licensing of establishments of public health concern, the granting of professional licences, the protection of public health and consumers, the operation of municipal and street markets and trade fairs, outdoor advertising, and measures relating to stray animals.
The handover takes place three days before the Holy Cross Fair in Spata, on 13 and 14 September, which fell within the remit of the outgoing deputy mayor.
A few hours after his resignation, Filippos Argyros published his letter, in which he does not confine himself to his departure from office. “I express my complete disappointment and opposition to what is happening in relation to the administration, the policies and the decisions being taken in our council,” he states, adding that he is also leaving the ‘STOCHEOUME together’ municipal group.
“From now on, I shall be an independent municipal councillor and shall serve the citizens and the interests of our municipality in this capacity,” he concludes, leaving open the possibility of providing a more detailed explanation of the reasons for his departure.
This development came two days after the municipal council meeting on 8 September, during which Argyros clashed openly with the mayor over two issues.
On the first point, the establishment of the three-member Asset Valuation Committee, he argued that its composition excluded the opposition and proposed either expanding it to five members or including at least one representative of the minority, stating that he would go so far as to use the word ‘undemocratic’. The mayor replied that the law is clear and that the committee has a technical and advisory role, whilst final decisions are taken by the municipal committee and the council, where the opposition is represented proportionally. The motion was passed by a majority under Resolution 128, with Argyros abstaining and Myrto Tsigouli voting against.
On the second motion – the granting of the Spata Municipal Stadium ‘Dimitrios Dimitriou’ to AEK for one-and-a-half-hour training sessions each day – Argyros voted against it, describing the fee of 150 euros per training session as “peanuts”, which amounts to around 20,000 euros a year when the annual maintenance of the ground costs around 30,000. Last January, he had voted in favour of a similar motion.
With his departure, the number of deputy mayors has fallen from nine to eight. A new decision by the mayor on the redistribution of responsibilities is expected.
Source: Diafania (ADA: ΨΗ84Ω1Χ-ΚΝ1 and ΨΤ2ΝΩ1Χ-ΥΝ4), spata-artemis.com
