The Indignant fast for Cyprus ‘no’

 

THE ‘INDIGNANT’ set up camp outside the Presidential Palace yesterday and will be fasting until Monday evening to symbolically mark ‘Ohi day by issuing their own ‘no’ to corruption in Cyprus. 

“In the same way that Greece said ‘no’ we are also saying ‘no’ to corruption, lies, not punishing the guilty,” Indignant member Mary Paraika told the Mail. 

Paraika said that a few people would be fasting for the whole of the long weekend, drinking only juices and water to prevent dehydration. 

There are family doctors on standby, Paraika said adding that people were free to come and go and perhaps fast for only 24 hours if they could not do the whole three-day stretch. 

The Indignant have been gathering ever since the July 11 Mari blast which killed 13 and knocked out the island’s main power station. 

A number of protests have taken place outside the presidential palace and a persistent few gather there every Monday night at 8pm calling for President Demetris Christofias’ resignation and for justice to be served. 

 

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