Limassol pupils block school in Cyprus problem protest

AROUND 100 pupils of a Limassol high school yesterday blocked the entrance to their school protesting against the United Nations plan for the settlement of the Cyprus problem.

The demonstration was organised by the ‘Movement of Fighting Pupils’ who said their group was set up by pupils of several schools in order to make party leaders listen to them.

“If we want freedom we should take it by ourselves or we don’t deserve it,” a representative said.

The pupils blocked the main entrance to the Lanition Gymnasium at 8am, even though the action had not been approved by the Pupil Co-ordinating Committee or the school’s pupil union.

Both groups issued written statements stressing they had nothing to do with the demonstration.

The chairman of the co-ordinating committee, Olympios Christofi, said the developments concerning the Cyprus issue were the main topic among pupils, but they had not made any decision on the matter.

He added the matter concerned pupils because they were the generation that would have to live with the proposed solution.

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