Communication of the Movement of Ecologists "Zero tolerance to any homophobic and racist behaviour. We demand the lifting of the immunity of Mr Themistocleous", they say
The Ecologists refer to the behaviour of the MP, Andreas Themistocleous, in a statement.[/B] "Once again he proved his character by unleashing insults and vulgar insinuations against our President Haralambos Theopeptou for the proposed law concerning the compulsory teaching of sexual education at all levels of education," they say.
As they claim, the independent MP's attacks were not limited to the Movement's President but through his speech on the said law proposal - he "expressed his racist and homophobic views[/B] by insulting the people of the LGBTI community and minorities."
As the Movement of Ecologists - Civic Co-operation, "we condemn the torrent of racist and vulgar speech from the floor of the Parliament, and we call on the Attorney General to intervene and implement the anti-racist law on hate speech and discrimination and to investigate the very serious possibility of committing a criminal offence on the part of the serial offender MP, in order to appeal to the Supreme Court to lift his immunity," the statement said.
Besides, they note that this is not the first time that this MP has behaved in this unacceptable way, "as we have seen his sexist, offensive and aggressive behaviour[/B] in the past, towards our parliamentary colleague Ms Efi Xanthou and our former MP Mr George Perdikis".
"We must finally demonstrate zero tolerance to any extreme behaviour that aims to silence and discriminate between genders", the Ecologists conclude.
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