The Cypriot wrote:Oracle wrote:The Cypriot wrote:
They're not Greek citizens in Cyprus, Oracle, lending their support. Please. And real Greek supporters of Cyprus wouldn't be so brazenly stupid.
I know a few Greeks who, because of the EU, work in Cyprus on short-term contracts. They remain Greek citizens. Not all who reside in Cyprus are Cypriot citizens. So then of course, since the Greek flag is NOT banned, they are free to fly it.
I was referring to the demonstrators. Please, O. They were not Greek citizens. They were silly Cypriot teenagers in the main.
EPSILON wrote:
ROC's consitution providing Greek flag as the official flag of the Greek community in Cyprus-as for the demostrators i have to agree with you it seems that they are not much different in mind of the trators (1974)-
Oracle wrote:Aaahh ... teenagers! Well, they won't listen!
EPSILON wrote:The Cypriot wrote:
Please can someone confirm whether arrests have been made?
Arrest because of Greek flags or because the holders were NAZIS?
If it was for the first then you have to refer to ROC's constitution.!! which our politicians insisting that its still valid.
The Cypriot wrote:EPSILON wrote:The Cypriot wrote:
Please can someone confirm whether arrests have been made?
Arrest because of Greek flags or because the holders were NAZIS?
If it was for the first then you have to refer to ROC's constitution.!! which our politicians insisting that its still valid.
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.ph ... 8&cat_id=1
Here you go...
Two more arrests after anti-occupation rally
By Stefanos Evripidou
TWO MORE people were questioned by police yesterday in connection with the inflammatory slogans hurled at President Demetris Christofias at an anti-occupation rally on Monday.
The two youths, aged 18 and 19, were questioned by Nicosia CID and released, bringing to six the total number questioned over the slogans which Christofias said had made him “ashamed” and “disgusted”.
Four men had originally been charged after the rally for directing profanities at Christofias in public and calling him a “traitor”. The men, aged 18, 26, 41 and 63, were later released.
Political parties yesterday further condemned the extremist elements at the event, warning that there was no room for such attitudes in Cyprus.
DIKO spokesman Fotis Fotiou called on all parties to isolate any extreme elements they may harbour, which serve to poison the politics of the place during a crucial time of ongoing talks.
Asked why DIKO’s two deputies who were present at Monday’s event failed to clarify their positions on the extremist slogans and profanities against Christofias, Fotiou said the party “unequivocally condemned” those elements. As for the two deputies, reporters had better ask them their views, he added.
Greens deputy Georgios Perdikis blamed the organisers for the ensuing chaos at the anti-occupation rally where one documentary maker had her $5,000 camera snatched from her and smashed before her eyes by a fired-up youth.
“I have never before in my life heard such public profanities, and I am still shocked,” said Perdikis, who noted that he walked out of the rally as a result.
The Greens deputy said neo-fascism and neo-Nazism was being allowed to flourish in the football stands of certain football teams and now expressing itself at rallies. Responsibility lies with the rally organisers “who proved for a second time that they neither have the power nor are they inclined to keep the peace at their own demonstrations”.
Meanwhile, EDEK deputy Georgios Varnavas was queried as to why he did not walk out too. Varnavas said he stayed because the extremist slogans were not planned by the organisers. He called on organisers to be more careful in the future.
DISY’s Harris Georgiades said his party’s leadership had suffered similar taunts in the past but that no one had been so concerned as they are now.
Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said Christofias felt “very bitter” about how low some protesters went in expressing their opinions, reminding of extremist elements of the past which led Cyprus down a tragic path.
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