Greek occupation army harrassing Macedonians in Egejska Makedonia

POLITICAL PARTY OF THE MACEDONIAN MINORITY IN GREECE

Member of the European Free Alliance - European Political Party (E.F.A-E.P.P)

Member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (F.U.E.N.)

Stefanou Dragoumi 11 Florina/Lerin Τ.Κ. 53100 PO Box. 51 Greece Tel/fax 0030 23850 46548

www.florina.org e-mail rainbow@florina.org



Press Release

Florina/Lerin,



The Greek “Ethnofylaki” or “National Guard” is a military unit, officially and legally integrated into the structures of the Greek Army.



It is a form of state organization, with the task to “protect the state against any form of extraordinary, internal or external, threats”



A few months ago the Florina/Lerin Greek National Guard Battalion organized a festive gunfire training for its members and all potentially interested civilians.



In the invitation for the event – public poster which was distributed among the population read:





Florina Greek National Guard Battalion



The Army Sign










The Commander of the Battalion Apostolos Giotakos

Invites all

National Guard members of the Florina region as well as all its citizens

to participate at a scheduled gunfire training with the rifle G3 A3/A4.



Honorary commemorative plates will be given to all participants



A BBQ outdoor reception will follow, upon conclusion of the gunfire training



“MACEDONIA IS ONE AND GREEK!”







The last sentence of the invitation, coming from an official entity of the Greek state, constitutes a flagrant and outrageous provocation against a sovereign state, the Republic of Macedonia, whose borders are only 20 kilometres away from the place the event took place.



Furthermore, yet again it is proof of Greece’s hypocrisy, which on the one hand accuses the Republic of Macedonia of irredentism while on the other hand constantly adopts irredentist policies and fosters provocative acts against this country.



We regret to conclude that Greece will never accept the existence of the Macedonian people, inside and outside of its borders, unless it is forced to do so.



EFA-Rainbow reveals the true face of the Greek “democratic” state, its real intentions, and urges all EU institutions to exercise pressure on our country.



Are we to wonder if the slogan "MACEDONIA IS ONE AND GREEK!" promoted by the Greek government and the Greek army will be used to invade the Republic of Macedonia in times of instability in the Balkans?



Greece must once and for all start acting like a true EU member-state and not like an expansionist totalitarian dictatorship of the past.



The Press Office

EFA – Rainbow