Kornilios Sunshine
2nd December 2011, 16:16
On 17th November 2011 the date of the Polytechnin uprising in 1973, the anniversary of it took place in many places of Greece including the Evelpidon Military Academy(Stratioki Scholi Evelpidon, in Greek).Now 5 soldiers were ordered by a student which is upper member of the academy and can order other students to do anything, he ordered them to sing the 21st April 1967 anthem,the anthem of the day when dictatorship in Greece was applied.
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An uproar has been caused in Greece after the discovery ‘junta droplets*” (so the Greek press) in the Military Academy “Evelpidon”. In an unprecedented incident that took place on November 17th 2011, the chief of students of the 4th year, ordered his co-students to sing the Hymn of 21st April 1967, the song praising the military dictatorship.
According to press reports, after the official celebration to commemorate the Student’s Uprising was over and the military officers left the hall, the chief-student, 22, ordered students of foreign origin, including those from Cyprus to leave the hall, and gave order to his co-students to take down ‘these nonsense’, that is the pictures of the Polytechnic School Uprising of November 1973. He delivered a speech praising the Junta and then asked a group of students to come to the stage and sing a paraphrase the Junta Hymn.
Here is to note that according to military code, the chief-student is the best of the best and his co-students have to obey his orders.
After the Junta Hymn was sung, some students allegedly whistled and hailed with enthusiasm. It looks as if the Military Academy Command tried to cover up this incident.
The incident set on alert the Defense Ministry and the military leadership, but the news became public ten days later through the Sunday edition of TO VIMA newspaper. Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos issued a statement describing the incident as “outrageous, offensive and unacceptable” and sent the message throughout the army that “any conduct derogating from the principles of democracy, human rights and freedom will not be tolerated.”
Avramopoulos ordered the Chief of Army General Staff to thoroughly investigate the issue, the Disciplinary Board of the Military Academy considers even to expel the student from the Academy.
Now the Army has to answer questions among others as to Why the Military Academy ‘tolerated’ this incident, where were the supervisors, who taught the students the Junta hymn, and most important, whether the allegations of a retired general included in a “secret report” that was sent in February 2011 to the political leadership of the Ministry of Defense were unfounded or not. In his report, he claimed that “junta-droplets” were still active in the army and even recruit students of Military Academy.
http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/11/28/junta-supporters-in-the-greek-military-academy/
Read here for more
An uproar has been caused in Greece after the discovery ‘junta droplets*” (so the Greek press) in the Military Academy “Evelpidon”. In an unprecedented incident that took place on November 17th 2011, the chief of students of the 4th year, ordered his co-students to sing the Hymn of 21st April 1967, the song praising the military dictatorship.
According to press reports, after the official celebration to commemorate the Student’s Uprising was over and the military officers left the hall, the chief-student, 22, ordered students of foreign origin, including those from Cyprus to leave the hall, and gave order to his co-students to take down ‘these nonsense’, that is the pictures of the Polytechnic School Uprising of November 1973. He delivered a speech praising the Junta and then asked a group of students to come to the stage and sing a paraphrase the Junta Hymn.
Here is to note that according to military code, the chief-student is the best of the best and his co-students have to obey his orders.
After the Junta Hymn was sung, some students allegedly whistled and hailed with enthusiasm. It looks as if the Military Academy Command tried to cover up this incident.
The incident set on alert the Defense Ministry and the military leadership, but the news became public ten days later through the Sunday edition of TO VIMA newspaper. Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos issued a statement describing the incident as “outrageous, offensive and unacceptable” and sent the message throughout the army that “any conduct derogating from the principles of democracy, human rights and freedom will not be tolerated.”
Avramopoulos ordered the Chief of Army General Staff to thoroughly investigate the issue, the Disciplinary Board of the Military Academy considers even to expel the student from the Academy.
Now the Army has to answer questions among others as to Why the Military Academy ‘tolerated’ this incident, where were the supervisors, who taught the students the Junta hymn, and most important, whether the allegations of a retired general included in a “secret report” that was sent in February 2011 to the political leadership of the Ministry of Defense were unfounded or not. In his report, he claimed that “junta-droplets” were still active in the army and even recruit students of Military Academy.
http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/11/28/junta-supporters-in-the-greek-military-academy/