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K. Sakellaropoulou for April 21: The continuous defense of democracy is the debt of all of us

“Every year, April 21 brings us back to one of the darkest periods of our modern history,” said in a statement the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the coup of April 21, 1967, emphasizing 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 setback that the country experienced then remind us 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 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 everyday and tangible, which finds its strongest foundations in freedom and equality, pluralism and respect for fundamental freedoms “and concludes that” The non-negotiable guarantee of democracy is the source of the power of the individual and the of ourselves “.

Source: Capital

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