With insulting slogans against MPs and other slogans such as "Glory and honor to Grivas Digenis", "EOKA again in the mountains of Cyprus", "Bums traitor politicians, Cyprus is Greek", "He lives, lives and leads us George Grivas Digenis", "Anarchists and Bolsheviks this land does not belong to you", "To the Turkish dogs, axe and fire", the protest outside the House of Representatives ended late Thursday afternoon. It should be noted that during the protest, a debate and vote on the 2023 state budget was taking place inside the parliament.
Protesters objected to the parliament resolution, according to which the leader of EOKA, Georgios Grivas Digenis, was described as "unworthy of any honour from the homeland". It is noted that this was preceded by a statement by the George Grivas Digenis Foundation, which called for a "rally of the Greeks of Cyprus" and said "we call on you to unite your voice with us against the intentions of the "AKEL-DIKO-DIKO-EDEK-DIPA" parties of Dikhonies".
Meanwhile, as reported in a previous Cyprus Times report, at one point a protester threw a stone at the Parliament building. Fortunately, the riot did not escalate.
The Police took draconian measures to avoid incidents with heavy forces, and the road in front of the Parliament was closed at 17:00. Members of the police's anti-riot teams were mobilized, while railings were placed.
The President of ELAM, Christos Christou,[/B] members of his parliamentary group, members of ELAM and independent MP Andreas Themistocleous spoke with the protesters.
During the protest, the President of the General George Grivas - Digenis Foundation, Andreas Kaniklis, spoke to the attendees. Kaniklis thanked the demonstrators for their presence and said, among other things, that "today we all take a sacred oath and from the depths of our souls we will continue your (Grivas Digenis') struggle, in spite of the reactionary anti-bourgeois, right-wing and left-wing... Digenis did not die, Digenis will live in our souls". He appealed to all national organizations, nationalist associations, the various organizers of national events, celebrations and commemorations "to exclude from any participation and presence, the insulters of our immortal leader Digenis."
The protesters towards the end of the event lit flares and chanted the National Anthem.
It is worth noting that the EOKA 1955-1959 Fighters' Associations said in a statement today that they were not involved in preparations for protests outside the Parliament regarding the budgets and that "the relevant announcements were made without the Associations being informed and are due to individuals who decided to express personal opinions."
Source: CNA
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