A rally outside the Presidential Palace will take place from 6 pm on the initiative of the Mayor of Famagusta, Alexis Galanou, who calls on the government to take action on the issue of the occupied city. The people of Famagusta are protesting against the intention of Kudret Ozersay to open Varosia under Turkish rule.
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A delegation of the occupied Municipality headed by Alexis Galanos will forward a memorandum to the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, with whom he is currently meeting. The Municipality of Famagusta expects President Anastasiadis to take a step towards the UN Security Council, in parties and wherever else he can do so.
In his speech, the Mayor of Famagusta, Alexis Galanos stated that "We are here to tell the President that the people and the people here are mourning. The people want a solution in the right context. We do not want to hear stories about two states. "There is one Cyprus and that is the reunited federal Cyprus."
Addressing the President of the Republic, Alexis Galanos said: "President, you are moving in the direction of the solution as you were moving in the run-up to the elections. There may be establishments that do not want a solution, but your backwardness is based on the solution of the Cyprus problem ".
After the speeches and after the delegation of the Municipality entered the Presidential Palace to deliver the memorandum, there was a small tension at the event between groups of attendees. Specifically a group of protesters shouted slogans such as "Cyprus is GREEK" and a second group answered "Cyprus belongs to its people", resulting in tension.
In addition to ordinary citizens, the event is attended by dozens of organizations, associations, unions, occupied municipalities and communities, joining their voices, with the aim of bringing the issue of Famagusta back to the forefront. Also present at the event were several MPs and party officials, as well as former state officials.
The gathered people shout slogans and hold placards with slogans like "Save Famagusta", "The Only Solution is Reunification", "Indifference is enough. Famagusta invites us " and "One is our tower and this is Othello". Many also hold placards with the slogan "Famagusta in front", while others hold Cypriot flags and flags that read "Peace", in Greek and Turkish.
The event is supported by the Committee of Occupied Municipalities, the Pancyprian Refugee Association, the Greek Cypriot Refugee Association "Cyprus 74", the Municipality of Morphou, AKEL Famagusta, the Movement of Ecologists-Citizens' Cooperation, EDEK, the Bi-Community Peace Initiative-Cyprus. The Federation of Cypriot Organizations of Greece (OKOE) also expressed its support for the rally in an announcement.
Traffic has been stopped on both sides of Presidential Palace Avenue.
It is noted that arrangements have been made by bus for the transfer of those interested in participating in the gathering from all the provinces of free Cyprus.
It is worth noting that on Thursday, during a press conference, the Mayor of Famagusta Alexis Galanos had appealed to everyone to participate en masse in the event of the Municipality of Famagusta outside the Presidential Palace, saying that it was time for the Government to take action, while Kudret Ozersay's moves in relation to Varos.
Famagusta.News / PhileNews