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Since the parade to the Shrine of Remembrance we have seen a number of hysterical commentators jump up and down in fury over the events that led to Greek MP Varemenos making a hasty exit from this celebration.
I have read opinion pieces labelling members of our community ‘fascists’ and trying to somehow link them to the tragic events of Christchurch. Or questioning the great Hellenic leader Metaxas who led Greece so valiantly during the early years of World War 2.
He was the one that uttered the famous OXI (No) was he not? How ridiculous! But we shouldn’t be surprised over this false hysteria as it seems these days that whoever is in disagreement with the traitorous Tsipras government, of which Varemenos is a member, are quickly labelled fascists by their supporters.
The question that must be asked is who saw fit to extend an invitation to this person who’s traitorous acceptance of the Prespes Agreement would see him at odds with over 80 per cent of our Greek-Australian population here in Melbourne. Did we really expect our community to embrace this individual with open arms and thank him for the selling out of our venerated Macedonia? As for the reaction to Varemenos I say well done to those individuals. Tsipras and his government will go down in infamy as the worst government Greece has seen since the Revolution of 1821. Members of this government must be held to account, wherever in the world they choose to go.