‘The Indignant’ meet government spokesman

REPRESENTATIVES of the ‘Indignant’ protest group formed after the death of 13 people following the Mari naval blast met government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou yesterday.

Group member Andreas Onisiforou described the meeting as “very friendly”, adding that Stefanou undertook to discuss with President Demetris Christofias the possibility of meeting with the group.

Onisiforou said he clarified during the meeting who the protesters are and what their purpose is.

“As volunteers we do not belong to any political party. We conveyed the message that our aim is the prosecution of the guilty. And it is not for us to judge the guilty, but for the investigations to do that,” he said.

According to Onisifirou, protesters will gather today outside the Limassol district office to mark 40 days since the death of the 13.

Meanwhile, another group of protesters met yesterday with the cabinet-appointed investigator tasked with looking into where accountability lies for the July 11 naval base blast. The protesters delivered a letter to lawyer Polys Poylviou, saying he had “historic responsibility” lay in his hands to ensure for the first time in Cyprus that high-level officials would be held accountable for their actions.

Crowds of people, sometimes in the thousands, have been gathering frequently outside the Presidential Palace in the evenings calling for justice for the 13 dead, as well as the resignation of Christofias. Members of the ‘Indignant’ protest group completed a 300km march in blazing temperatures on Wednesday to honour the dead.

 

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