The government’s decision to pass on protection of Unknown At the Ministry of National Defense for the “Correct Operation” the prime minister announced in his Sunday post Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Specifically, referring to the end of Panos Routsi’s hunger strike, the prime minister noted that “indeed, for a few days the center of the capital was upset. But now, a reasonable question arises: Can a historical monument such as the unknown soldier become a field of events irrelevant to his mission? My answer is no. All the more so, when all citizens can be freely expressed in thousands of other places with rallies or demonstrations. “

Thus, the prime minister announced that “the government has decided to unravel the tangle of the functions on guarding and maintaining this unique Athens landmarks. With legislation, therefore, next week, he entrusts the sole responsibility for the protection and proper operation of the unknown soldier where he belongs: to the Ministry of National Defense “concluding that” it is, after all, a monument created to honor the heroes who gave their lives. Belonging to historical memory, as the presidential guard symbolizes it. A monument open to all Greeks. But also to every visitor who wants to admire it. This well -known character that the unknown soldier has always had we must maintain. And we do it. “