Rallies for the Hellenicity of Macedonia to be held in 25 Greek cities

Twenty five cities will hold rallies will reach 25. "Committee for the Struggle" consulted local Municipal Authorities which supported the effort from the beginning. The same is true of the local Metropolises who undertook a great struggle to motivate people to attend the nearest city that will be rallying," according to Mr. George Tatsios, president of the Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of Macedonians, the dissemination of rallies throughout Greece gives the inhabitants of even the farthest point of Greece the opportunity to come forward and make their contribution in defending the history and the future of our Macedonia."

The cities where demonstrations will be held to defend the term "Macedonia" are: Pella, Kavala, Drama, Serres, Kilkis, Polykastro, Lagadas, Nea Moudania, Edessa, Florina, Kastoria, Ptolemaida, Katerini, Veria, Siatista, Larissa, Thiva, Ioannina, Rhodes, Chania, Corfu and Chalkida.

The organizers' ambition is to remind the government of the message given by the two voluminous rallies of Thessaloniki and Athens last January and February that Macedonia is one and is non-negotiable.  "We call on people to participate massively and send their own clear message to the government, by participating in the local rallies holding a Greek flag in the hands. On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of Greeks in various parts of the country will remind Alexis Tsipras and the government that they must implement the will of the many," said Michalis Patsikas, a member of the" Committee for the Struggle for the Hellenicity of Macedonia," reiterating that in today's protests:"Thre is no place, for extremists and extreme behaviors. "