Which Independence? “Cyprus” died 3 years old in 1963…!!!
Greek soldiers with “Cyprus” Flags
Cyprus will mark the 54th anniversary of its independence from British colonial rule with a military parade on Wednesday
The defence ministry said on Monday that infantry and mechanised units of the National Guard, the Greek Forces in Cyprus (ELDYK), the police and the fire service will take part in the parade on Iosif Hadjiosif Avenue, Strovolos in Nicosia.
President Nicos Anastasiades will take the salute at the parade, which will begin at 11am.
Greek Minister of National Defence Demetris Avramopoulos will attend.
There will also be a 21-gun salute.
Cyprus gained its independence in 1960, after a four-year struggle against British colonial rule. (CNA)
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Comment by John Mavro
What exactly are we ”celebrating”? And is there any reason to believe that this ”independence” has been nothing else than an unmitigated disaster?
The very fact that the banana republic celebrates this day on 1 October when, assuming anyone believes this myth, in reality the Zurich accord was signed on 16 August 1960 and a serious country would thus adopt that date as its independence date, already tells us about everything that is wrong.
That the idiots making up the ”ruling elite” did not want to interrupt their summer vacations in mid-August and instead pushed it out to October. Presumably also to please the public parasites.
If anything, this date should be a day of solemn national mourning and remembrance.
Of our lack of vision, immaturity and failings in handing over this beautiful island to corruption riddled thieves and embezzlers who have ”governed” us since then.
And in the process lost 40% of the island and then bankrupting the rest. To the extent we are now a failing, bankrupt banana republic.
Some advice to the idiots making up ”government”:
Accept the reality that we are not independent since we are now a colony of the Troika and our creditors.
Cancel these irrelevant and useless military parades which achieve NOTHING.
And in the process save hundreds of thousands of EURO in fuel and overtime pay for these parasites (yes, they get paid overtime since it is a public holiday) which we cannot afford.
In addition to using this time on reflecting about their abysmal failures as ”government”, ”political parties” and ”ruling elite”. And try learn from their catastrophic mistakes.
It would be far more useful than disrupting the Nicosia traffic with this quixotic exercise in total futility