A protest event was held outside the Parliament on the occasion of the resolution adopted by the Plenary of the Parliament and which characterizes Georgios Grivas Digenis "unworthy of any kind of honor".
Among others, slogans were heard such as "Glory and honor to Grivas Digenis", "EOKA again in Cyprus the mountains", "Vagabond traitor politicians, Cyprus is Greek", "Georgios Grivas Digenis lives, lives and guides us", "Anarchists and Bolsheviks, this land does not belong to you", while some demonstrators shouted insulting slogans against MPs.
The protestors were reacting to the resolution of the Parliament, according to which, the Leader of EOKA, Georgios Grivas Digenis, is characterized as "unworthy of any honor from the homeland". It is noted that this was preceded by an announcement by the Georgios Grivas Digenis Foundation, which invited the Greek men and women of Cyprus to a "meeting" and said "we invite you to join your voice with us against the intentions of the parties of discord "AKEL-DIKO-EDEK-DIPA".
The Police took draconian measures to avoid incidents with strong forces, while the road in front of the Parliament was closed at 17:00. Members of the anti-riot teams of the Police were mobilized, while railings were also installed.
The President of ELAM, Christos Christou, members of his parliamentary group, ELAM officials and the independent Member of Parliament, Andreas, spoke to the protestors. Themistocleus.
During the protest, the President of the General Georgios Grivas Foundation spoke to those present – Digeni, Andreas Kaniklis. Mr. Kaniklis thanked the demonstrators for their presence and said, among other things, that “we all today take a sacred oath and from the depths of our souls we will continue your struggle (of Grivas Digenis), in defiance of the reactionary anti-Hellenic, right-wing and leftists… Digenis did not die, Digenis will live on in our souls.'' He addressed a call to all national organizations, nationalist associations, the various organizers of national events, celebrations and memorials "to exclude from all participation and presence, the insulters of our immortal leader Digenis".
The protesting towards the end of the event, they lit flares and sang the National Anthem.
It is worth noting that the Associations of Fighters EOKA 1955-1959 with today's announcement stated that they did not participate in preparations for protests outside the Parliament, regarding budgets and that "the relevant announcements were made without the Links being informed and are due to people who decided to express personal opinions".
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