16th June 1943 is one of the most glorious pages in the history of AKEL and Cyprus.
Anastasiades-DISY Government is proceeding to the fabrication and revision of history. Combating fascism demands consistent and resolute struggle
AKEL C.C. Press Office, 16th June 2016, Nicosia
16th June 1943 is one of the most glorious pages in the history of AKEL and Cyprus. The decision taken by the Central Committee of AKEL to call on its members to voluntarily enlist in the allied army to fight Fascism, is a monument to heroism but also a deeply antifascist political action.
Many hundreds of Cypriots, among them 11 of the 17 members of the Party’s Central Committee responded to AKEL’s appeal. AKEL pays tribute to the Cypriot volunteers, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, and through them honours all antifascist fighters who resisted and fought against Fascism and Nazism.
Today, both in Cyprus but also across Europe, fascism is raising its head often dressing itself in the cloak of parliamentarism. The Anastasiades-DISY Government is proceeding to the fabrication and revision of history by equating communism with fascism, or through the erection of monuments to the very Commandos who attacked the Presidential Palace on the day of the coup d’état. This distortion of history is leading to amnesia and the pardoning/exoneration of Fascism. In these conditions, the message conveyed by the anniversary of 16th June 1943 resonates more timely than ever before. Combating fascism demands consistent and resolute struggle of the people against it.
As AKEL, we are proud of our own contribution to humanity’s struggle during the Second World War against fascism. We reiterate that we will remain consistent opponents of fascism and Nazism in any way, until humanity will rid itself of inhuman ideologies.
