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We have the responsibility to protect the citizens of the country and to have the procedures and mechanisms in place so that we do not experience such tragedies as in Mari again, President of the Republic Nicos Christodoulides said today.
In his statements to journalists after the memorial service for the heroes of Mari, at the Naval Base "Evangelos Florakis", the President of the Republic said that "as a state, all those who choose to get involved in the public life of the country must understand that we have a responsibility to protect the citizens of this country, to have the procedures and mechanisms in place so that we do not experience such tragedies again. Only through these policies will we show in practice that we honour their memory."
Asked if enough has been done over the years to prevent a similar tragedy, the President of the Republic said that "in security matters there is never enough, it is something that must be evaluated, upgraded and modernised on a daily basis."
Asked if enough has been done over the years to prevent a similar tragedy, the President said that "in security matters there is never enough, it is something that must be evaluated, upgraded and modernised on a daily basis.
In response to a journalist's remark that despite this we mourn victims in the National Guard on several occasions, the President said that "over the years we have seen several accidents that happened, we lost in peacetime - and this is even more tragic - but I think that what happened 12 years ago here in Mari, for that tragedy, as a state we should have done everything humanly possible to prevent it.
I want to reiterate, and I feel my share of the responsibility, I feel the responsibility that when we choose to politicize the least we can do for the citizens, because at the end of the day they are citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, officers, soldiers, firefighters, for every citizen, the state has a responsibility to ensure their safety."
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