Residents of the village of Eπισkopi in Limassol say they are determined to escalate the measures[/B][/QUOTE]
Residents of the village of Eπισkopi in Limassol say they are determined to escalate the measures[/B], who oppose the decision to include their community in the new municipality of West Limassol, based in Ypsonas.[/B] The residents held a protest event this morning.
The event took place at 11am. Holding banners with slogans, residents gathered on the old Limassol - Paphos road, near the bridge between the villages of Episkopi and Erimi, which they symbolically cut off for a few minutes.
Episkopi community mayor Lefkios Prodromou called it an "ecclesiastical decision" by those in charge, stating that "they promised us other things, which we have in writing in letters, and they finally did other things". He called on residents to be united, noting the community council's intention to go to court. "We have started the necessary legal procedures to take our case to the European Court of Justice. Since there was no referendum, they cannot forcibly integrate us into the new municipality. We have that right. We have never wished and we have never attended as a diocese any meeting concerning the reform of local government," he said.
For his part, the President of the Union of Communities Andreas Kitromilidis expressed their support for the "just and important struggle of both the diocese and the rest of the communities opposing the decision of the Parliament on the reform of local government."
Source: CNA
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