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CP of Greece, “Cuba is not alone” – Intervention to the Petitions Committee (PETI)
12/2/22 3:30 PM
Greece, Communist Party of Greece En Es Europe Communist and workers’ parties
“Cuba is not alone” – Intervention to the Petitions Committee (PETI)
The KKE Group in the European Parliament intervened in a session of the Committee on Petitions (PETI) of the European Parliament organized for the purpose of another attack against the Cuban people.
The MEP of the Party, Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, denounced the criminal US blockade against Cuba, expressed the solidarity of the KKE with the struggle of the Cuban people against the imperialist plans against them, denounced the lies spread by the EU, by several MEPs, from the extreme right to the social democrats, about the “violations of human rights” in Cuba. These statements are made for convenience and for geopolitical reasons, seeking that the EU instrumentalize the consequences of the criminal blockade. He called for an escalation of solidarity with Cuba for the immediate lifting of the blockade and all types of sanctions against it.
His speech “annoyed” well-known anti-communist circles of the European People’s Party (EPP), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Liberals (Renew), who tried unsuccessfully to interrupt him, with the provocative statement that “communist propaganda will not be tolerated in the European Parliament”, even citing that it goes against…. “democratic norms”!
Taking the floor again, the KKE MEP noted, “It once again is demonstrated that all those who supposedly defend democracy and the exchange of opinions when they cannot articulate a based counterargument resort to shouts, insults and characterizations.”
The complete speech of c. Nikolaou-Alavanos is as follows:
“I will not refer to all the slanderous and invalid things that the deputies of the extreme right have asid, because it clearly serves as a provocation and insults the peoples of the world who stand up in support of Cuba, as well as the common sense of every sincere man and woman.
I listened carefully to the representatives of the organization called “Cubans for Democracy”. Also, the representative of the Commission/EEAS.
They said nothing new. They repeated the well-known lies about “human rights violations” in Cuba. They distort the facts, insulting the Cuban people who continue to resist bravely for 60 years against the economic and commercial blockade imposed by the US and its allies, against natural calamities, hurricanes, serious accidents. It is the blockade that deprives the Cuban people of services and basic goods, food and medicines, and prevents Cuba’s economic development.
I am obliged to restore the truth about the facts. On July 11, 2021, a well-orchestrated interference plan took place in Cuba by the US, the anti-Cuban mafia and a few forces inside the country.
This plan was supported by well-paid mechanisms and agencies all over the world, producing and disseminating “fake news”, even using photos of demonstrations in support of the Cuban government to point out the opposite.
It was a complementary plan to the pressure exerted against the Cuban people and government by the blockade and the more than 240 sanctions put into effect by the previous US administration and maintained by the Biden administration. The objective of the plan was to cause “chaos”, destabilization, to hit Cuba’s economy, to facilitate a coup d’état against the Cuban people.
That plan met with a decisive reaction from the Cuban people, who confronted the provocative actions of the puppets of imperialism. It has been demonstrated that robberies, vandalism, sabotage and other transgressions of the Penal Code were carried out. The Cuban government has presented a multitude of evidence about the persons who led the counterrevolutionary actions, and has substantiated that they have been directed by mechanisms within the US.
Organizations that supposedly represent “Cubans” abroad, in the U.S., like the petitioners, when they saw that the plan failed and that their false propaganda did not convince, they even called for U.S. military intervention in Cuba.
These are the same baleful forces that during the pandemic called on the U.S. to intensify measures against Cuba, aiming at the overthrow of the achievements of the Revolution.
Of course, Cuba, under blockade, not only faced the pandemic with its own forces and with the unconditional help of material for the peoples of the world, but also sent medical personnel to 65 countries around the world, showing heroism, humanism and internationalist solidarity.
Everything that is said about “human rights” does not surprise us. The same unsubstantiated statements we heard by High Rep. Mr Borell, are included in the unacceptable resolutions of the parliament. These are EU positions.
For the EU and its governments to talk about “respect for rights” is a real lack of respect. When the commercialized health systems led to real massacres. While the right to strike, to demonstrate is forbidden and police forces attack people fighting for their contemporary rights. When Communist Parties are outlawed, their cadres persecuted for their ideas. When refugees, even minors, are imprisoned, andpeople that struggle, trade unionists, are prosecuted by the authorities and placed under surveillance.
The EU’s position has geopolitical and self-interested motives. It develops its own plans at the expense of Cuba and its people, aiming to take advantage of the criminal blockade.
But, the Cuban revolution and its gains enjoy broad popular support around the world. That is why those who took to the streets to defend Cuba were far more than the few puppets of the U.S. and its allies. Once again, from this place, we firmly declare that “Cuba is not alone” and that “in Cuba no one surrenders”. Those who truly care about the rights, the needs and the concerns of the Cuban people must today demand the immediate end of the blockade, of all sanctions. Recognize the inalienable right of the Cuban people to continue on the path they have opened with their revolution, without outside interference and intervention. To strengthen solidarity with the people, the Government and the CP of Cuba.
We believe that the petition is unacceptable, and must be closed now. It is an offense against the struggle of the Cuban people, it is used to facilitate EU intervention in Cuba’s internal affairs, at the expense of its people.”
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