Father Solomou for a monument: "Tell them, my son, that I put them"

The investigation into the ownership status of the area where members of the Isaac and Solomos Memorial Initiative erected a monument to the two heroes, Isaac and Solomos, provokes reactions and questions. The monument was erected in December 2018 and in it were placed two white crosses with the names of the two heroes, as well as stones on which are inscribed occupied Municipalities and villages.

Andreas Pettemeridis spoke on behalf of the Initiative at Mesimeri kai Kati, stating that there is expediency for this move. The Initiative, however, Mr. Pettemeridis pointed out, does not deal with this, since the only ones who are accountable are the parents of the heroes. He even revealed what Solomos's father said to him yesterday, in a telephone conversation. "Tell them, my son, that I put them on if it bothers them," said Mr. Spyros Solomou.

Mr. Pettemeridis also said that if some people feel offended, they should look into the eyes of the heroes' parents or the "swallow", the daughter of Tassos Isaac.

Asked to answer why this happened now, Mr. Pettemeridis said that "the events took place in August, where the memorial service is, obviously all of this was targeted. I'm not interested in that either. We are not interested in the political tone. We are politically colorless. "

The monument, as Mr. Pettemeridis said, will be moved to another location at a later time. "We do not have any problem with the owner, we had contact with him. The need that we imposed on us by seeing the parents of the heroes, led us to the creation of this construction ". A relevant announcement, moreover, was issued yesterday by the Initiative, entitled "Who is bothered by memory".

This is the announcement of the Memory Initiative

"Who is bothered by memory?

The Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative expresses its regret and dissatisfaction with the extent and the wrong ending that had a symbolic move in memory of the two heroes of Famagusta and clarifies:
The symbolic move, which took place in December 2018, in the presence of the parents of Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomos, was carried out with the sole purpose of continuing the struggle of memory against oblivion. The Memorial Initiative, in the area next to the occupied roadblock of Deryneia, wanted to highlight the need to preserve the history of this place.

With two white crosses, olives and monsters, the members of our Initiative then made a purely symbolic move, without violating the law and in full consultation with the authorities, in order to safeguard again the historical continuity of the Cypriot Hellenism. And it is with much surprise that it was announced in the Initiative that some people were annoyed and reached the Police Headquarters for a symbolic act of remembrance, forty-four years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and twenty-two after the sacrifice of Tasos and Solis opposite occupied Amos.

The Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative expresses its dissatisfaction and question that some are annoyed because a portion of our compatriots do not tolerate injustice and slavery and that under the pretext of the "property regime" seek to turn their attention elsewhere and not to reality. The members of the Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative erected this work, which lists the occupied villages of the place, not claiming laurels and expropriating a piece of land, but with the aim of honestly capturing what that sacred place symbolizes.

Therefore, and being accountable only to the heroes, to the grandparents, to Solis's father and to Tasos's mother, the Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative will not stop for a moment to give its all for the struggle of memory against oblivion. Until the moment when the roadblocks will fall for Freedom and not for tourism, until the moment when the symbolic moves for the preservation of memory will be made by the State and with the full cooperation of the Society, so that an Initiative is not obliged to "disturb", using four square meters in front of the roadblock of Deryneia. Really, who will investigate the stolen land in Kyrenia, Morphou, Famagusta, Messaria and Mesaoria?

ISAAK-SOLOMOS MEMORY INITIATIVE ".

Source: Sigmalive