“Developments speak for themselves and shatter the complacency you have fostered for so long, while confirming the persistent warnings of the KKE”, said Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), at the start of his speech in Parliament on 4 March. Addressing the Prime Minister, he refuted the propaganda that “as long as US forces are here, no one will bother us”, at a time when US bases across the region are coming under attack.
D. Koutsoumbas also addressed those who try to disconnect the role of the bases from their very presence Greece, pointing out that it is precisely the governments and Euro-Atlantic parties that have supported their presence. “You are hypocrites and liars”, he said bluntly.
He stressed that the bases must go, because the Greek people will not tolerate their country being turned into an aggressor against other peoples in order to enhance the position of the ruling class —that is, those who exploit their labour.
The GS of the CC of the KKE highlighted the need to denounce the agreement granting infrastructure to the US and NATO forces, and called for the return of all Greek Armed Forces units stationed abroad.
He emphasized that the Greek Armed Forces are being sent into the lion’s den not to “protect universal Hellenism”, as is falsely claimed, but to serve the interests of Greek shipowners, large construction, energy, and other business groups. “You are sending them for them, to serve NATO’s plans and the big boss”, he stressed.
He refuted all the absurd pretexts offered by the prime minister to justify imperialist crimes against the people of Iran. The KKE underlined that “the people of each country, and no one else, are responsible for the course of their country and its governance! Period. This is a matter of principle and basic logic”.
Finally, he pointed to the dangerous positions of the other parties of the system, urging the Greek people to reject them, as they have nothing to offer. “It is time for everyone to take responsibility. The stance that the people take towards the policy of involvement may determine developments. Their war is not the war of the people”, said the GS of the CC of the KKE. He concluded : “Hope and a way out of this burning world can and must be provided by the people themselves, through their struggle, by decisively and militantly joining forces with the KKE, which is taking on the responsibility of leading this struggle.”
