The below articles give us lots of clues regarding AKELs perspective on Enosis and right wing...
One everyday
2003-07-10 | Ηaravgi | ΜαÏίας ΦÏάγκου
There is no room for all of us in the condemnation of the double crime
You are right, you gentlemen of the Democratic Coalition (DISY). There is no room for you in this rally. You are massively ‘present’ at the annual memorial service of Cyprus’ destroyer, you ask to exonerate Grivas as chief of the National Guard; you conduct memorial services in memory of those who turned their weapons against Democracy and the Rule of Law. What are you doing, paying tribute to the heroes of the Cypriot tragedy?
It is July. Memories awaken. Not that they have been diluted by time, since everything around remind us of that tragic summer in 1974. The mother wearing black kerchief, holding the missing person’s picture, her face lined by pain and suffering, hundreds of enclaved people, staying behind to guard Thermopylae, the flag-disgrace in Pentadactylos mountain. To all, constant reminders of the betrayal and disaster.
It is our duty to remember, for people with no memory have no future. Besides, what would guide us to avoid the same tragedies? Oblivion, in the name of the so-called unity, has been governmental policy for the last ten years. As if it could erase the heroes of that tragedy, who rest in the Pantheon. As if they could write off the greatness of their sacrifice. We know how to forgive, but we demand respect for the historical truth and recognition of our heroes’ sacrifice and greatness. Memory is always alive, yearning for vindication. Isn’t showing the way to those left behind, to guide and inspire them actually the destiny of all those passing away early?
On July 17th, Cypriot united, with sole exception the party with the sinful past, will honor all those who defended Democracy and the Rule of Law, fought for the Freedom and Independence of their country. Our people, sending a unity message, declare its will to solve the Cyprus issue, reunify the country and establish it as single home of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
The excuse made by the Democratic Coalition for not joining the rally of memory and honor, the rally organized to condemn the double crime committed against Cyprus, failed to convince. If actions which remind us of our duties towards the next generations and honor our heroes are described as reopening of old wounds with the Turkish Cypriots, then what else but reopening of such wounds for all Cypriots has been the policy that DISY has followed ever since its foundation. Where have the people responsible for the disaster found shelter? Who ‘vindicated’, and when the ‘65’? Which party, despite being the government, has never attended the rally of memory and honor the last ten years?
You are right, you gentlemen of DISY. There is no room for you in this rally. You are massively ‘present’ at the annual memorial service of Cyprus’ destroyer, you ask to exonerate Grivas as chief of the National Guard; you conduct memorial services in memory of those who turned their weapons against Democracy and the Rule of Law. What are you doing, paying tribute to the heroes of the Cypriot tragedy?
Reminding the Role of the Right Is Annoying
2003-12-09 | Ηaravgi | ΓιώÏγος ΧÏιστοδουλίδης
The statements of the House President Demetris Chrystofias annoyed the President of the right wing party DISY Nicos Anastasiades. Mr. Chrystofias speaking on the occasion of the Day of Memory and Honor of Resistance Fighters outlined that the Right, thus Grivas and EOKA B, had committed crimes at the expense of the country. As Mr. Chrystofias pointed out among others, “under no circumstances, could that treason be compared to any mistake possibly made in those very difficult years. No mistake could be equated with those crimesâ€.
Invited to comment on the references of the House President to history, Mr. Anastasiades described them as “divisive†and claimed: “any party is entitled to its opinion and the State to choose which days to honor all those who have fought for freedom and democracy, but using History as a means for national division is huge mistakeâ€.
Mr. Demetris Chrystofias making statements yesterday in Astra radio station criticized those who were annoyed by the decision of the House to establish December 7th, the day that Makarios returned in Cyprus after the tragic events that occurred in July, as day in the memory of resistance fighters. “If they mean what they say about devotion to the Republic, they should welcome the establishment of that day, in the honor of all people who have resisted and in the honor of Makarios, who was the symbol of the resistance. Finally, schools should teach who brought disaster to the countryâ€, he highlighted.
On his part, the Education Minister Pefkios Georgiades pointed out that day would teach the democratic institution to the Cypriot children. “That presupposes democratic citizensâ€, he said. However, the education committees belonging to the party DISY, “Change†and “PADEDâ€, opposed the establishment of the particular anniversary, but the party leadership avoided to take position, at least in public.
Remembering the past
2003-08-12 | Ηaravgi | Α. Πανάτου
Days of memory and honor
It’s a fact. The months of July and August are associated with EOKA-B, the Greek Junta, the wretched military coup and the barbaric invasion of the Turkish establishment in Cyprus, assisted by the CIA and Kissinger.
Thank God, we managed to call somebody by his name. We should call a spade a spade, starting with the wretched defectors of the Union of the Center (Enosi Kentrou), Garoufalias, Mitsotakis, Stefanopoulos, Tsirimokos and their co-conspirators, Queen Frederika and former King Konstantinos, the perjurers of the Junta, Papadopoulos, Patakos, Ioannides, and their collaborators in Cyprus, with Grivas as their ringleader.
The list of names in Cyprus remains long and unpronounceable until today. As a result, it is the organizers of the coup who raise their voices to silence the resistants. Silence, for the sake of supposed peace leads to the other end, covering up the insolent culprits. For lack of honors, resistance falls into oblivion, and chances are that it may be needed again.
August is also marked by the death of the great leader of the resistance, Ethnarch Makarios. It was a right thing to change the name of these events from “black anniversaries†to “days of memory and honor.†The unforgettable dictator Metaxas also emerged in August. He was thrown in the trashcan of history for laying the first stone for fascist nationalism with the terrible consequences. Who is honoring Metaxas today? Not a soul. His name is gone from the squares and the streets and Metaxa Square in Nicosia became Eleftherias Square. May the trespassers of democracy have the same fate.
While there are still some people who keep honoring the ringleaders of the coup, dead or living, with words and deeds, this results in the falsification of history and in pathetic examples for imitation, as was the case of Metaxas.
Some people may rush to name this reference as “looking back into the past,†but according to the poet Yiannis Ritsos, “we should at any moment take back the past and preview the future to conquer the present.†Some people are trying to find excuses for the inexcusable and go back to the epic of ’21 and to our illustrious ancestors. They don’t regard this as looking back into the past and they even rush to cover up the recent doings of their idols, saying that posterity will judge those facts later on. Otherwise, Alkiviades would still be a hero and Petain in France would have been an ethnarch instead of a traitor heading for the gallows.
Another aspect of looking back into the past is the Greek-Christian ideals enlightening all Europe and a great part of the world. Surely, their correct version and perception supported and still supports mankind. But what kind of support did these distorted Greek-Christian ideals offer, in the hands of vicious emperors, dictators, at the time of the Holy Inquisition and of the Crusades, in the hands of Metaxas, of the Palace, of the Junta, of the fascist nationalism and of the EOKA-B?
In this case of self-interested fanatics manipulating the past, rational human beings are needed to adopt the ideas and materialize them. God help those who turn a blind eye or do evil consciously, subconsciously or unconsciously.
The answer of why AKEL keep itself quite on some national issues stated here:
The list of names in Cyprus remains long and unpronounceable until today. As a result, it is the organizers of the coup who raise their voices to silence the resistants. Silence, for the sake of supposed peace leads to the other end, covering up the insolent culprits. For lack of honors, resistance falls into oblivion, and chances are that it may be needed again.
Ps: Sorry for the long quotations but they are very important to understand the essentials of the Cyprus problem and role of its actors...
