With applause and shouts of enthusiasm, they welcomed the announcement of the candidacy of Fredis Beleris in ND ballot for the upcoming European elections the supporters and friends of the elected – and imprisoned for 11 months – mayor of Himarawho attended the announcement at the offices of Omonia Himara.

“I am very moved, thank you all, Fredis will always do the best for his place and the homeland”Antonia’s wife told Himara.gr.

“Frendis has been fighting for 30 years. It is a vindication for us and for him. I can’t be happy yet until I see him out of jail. He has suffered a lot his whole life,” said his father, Petros, excitedly.

Beleris message from prison

After announcing his candidacy, Fredi Beleris, me his audio message on social media, he emphasized that “Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered me the opportunity to claim the vote of the Greek people in the European elections of June 2024. I thank him for that but above all I thank him for the undivided support he offered me all these months that I have been imprisoned”.

Fr. Beleris notes that this is not a personal battlebut for a battle “for the rule of law and Democracy, the rules of which must be respected by all”.

The elected mayor of Heimarras points out in his account:

“Today, the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered me the opportunity to claim the vote of the Greek people in the European elections of June 2024. I thank him for this, but above all I thank him for the undivided support he offered me during all these months that I was imprisoned.

The battle I am fighting is not personal. It is a battle for the rule of law and democracy, whose rules must be respected by all. It is a battle for the values ​​that the West and Europe stand for and which must be respected by those who want to join the great European family. It is a battle for the most suffering and wronged part of Hellenism, the Greek minority of Albania.

My brothers who after decades of oppression want and are entitled to live freely and peacefully, without fear, in a place that respects their rights, honor and property. I call on every Greek man and woman to support the New Democracy ballot, to support the Prime Minister who is building a strong and proud Greece with determination and method, Kyriakos Mitsotakis”.

The message of Pyrrhus Dimas to his son, Petros

Present at yesterday’s ND event for the announcement of the nominations, the son of Fredis Beleris, Petros, was also present.

In his speech, the candidate for one more time MEP Pyrros Dimas said, among other things: “Give me the strength, as I lifted the weights for Greece, to fight for the present and the future of our children” said the Olympic champion and added: For the our brothers in Northern Epirus, we will give everything”.

Sending his message to Beleris’ son Peter, who was in the hall, Pyrros Dimas said: “Peter, dad will be vindicated.”