“Every year, April 21 brings us back to one of the darkest periods in our modern history,” the President of the Republic said in a statement. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of her coup April 21, 1967.
At the same time, he underlined that “the seven years of the dictatorship overthrew the regime and its institutions, sharpened the national division and ended in the tragedy of Cyprus. “The political, cultural and spiritual regression that the country experienced then evokes today reminiscent of distant memories and experiences.”
At the same time, he notes that “the peaceful period and the prosperity of the Metapolitism contributed decisively to the healing of our national wound” and adds that “in the historical, value and political horizon of the Greeks, the junta of colonels promotes a rupture with our state tradition and conscience “.
As the President states, “at the same time, it reminds us that democracy is not a self-evident or natural state of political and social life and that its constant defense is the duty of all of us. “Not only in the sense of the state and the organization of power, but also as a way of life, everyday and tangible, which finds its strongest foundations in freedom and equality, pluralism and respect for fundamental freedoms” and concludes with the emphasis that “the non-negotiable guarantee of democracy is the source of the strength of our individual and collective selves.”
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