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- From: sachz@montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU (SAS)
- Subject: *** Anti-Macedonian Legal Acts [in Greece] ***
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- Summary: List of Greek Govt Acts clearly against Macedonians.
- Originator: sachz@montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU
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- Organization: Dept. Engineering Computer Resources, Melbourne Uni.
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:03:38 GMT
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- The typical Greek Netter's response to earlier articles I have
- taken time to post we are all familair with. These require no
- response, for their time isn't of interest. By retaliating to
- their own tactics would merely let them think there is something of
- interst to converse with them. Below are actual GREEEK LAWS which
- show *CLEAR DISCRIMINATORY* actions by successive Greek Governments
- against Macedonians of Macedonia!! People have asked for official
- reports, not just loose journalistic ends. Elaborations of official
- material is provided at the reference below. Many people wonder about
- Macedonian Minority in Greece, which Greece tries to neglect. There
- is another side to the opposition of Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis,
- on recognising the Independence of the Republic of Macedonia.
- Having Macedonia recognised internationally he would have to explain
- the past treatment of a minority group within his borders, which due
- to discriminatory laws (which is common in Greek history, re: turkish,
- and many other minorities) he would have a hard time explaining himself.
- Fortunately, these are already being looked into by western governments
- having seen evidence of the facts, becoming aware of the problem.
- Enjoy.
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- II. Anti-Macedonian Legal Acts [in Greece]
-
- In order to justify their shameful and inhumane practices, the
- Greek authorities have issued a number of legal Acts infringing the
- identity of the Macedonian nation. It should be noticed that all the
- Acts run counter to the decisions of the agreement of August 10,
- 1920 and to the international legal Acts binding in this respect.
- Despite this, they are still in force.
-
- Here are some of these inhumane Acts which give clear evidence of
- disregard for not only the Macedonian nation but also for world
- public opinion at large. They portray the cynicism of successive
- Greek governments.
-
- * November 1926: a legal Act was issued on the charge of Macedonian
- geographic names into the Greek version. The news was published
- in the governments daily Efimeris tis Kivernisoes No. 332 of
- November 21, 1926. The same newspaper in its No. 346 published the
- new, official, Greek names. The names of the people were changed
- too. First names as well as family names were changed to Greek
- versions. These are still officially binding to this day.
- (text provides ref. to enclosures 2 and 3).
-
- * 1929: during the rule of Eleatarios Venizelos a legal Act was
- issued "On the protection of public order". In line with this Act
- each demand for nationality rights is regarded as high treason.
- (Please compare this with his statement of November 11, 1930
- above.) This law is still in force.
-
- * On December 18, 1936 Metaksas' dictatorial government issued a
- legal Act "On the activity against state security" on the strength
- of which thousands of Macedonians were arrested, imprisoned or
- expelled.
-
- * On September 7, 1938 the legal Act No. 2366 was issued which
- banned the use of the Macedonian language. All Macedonian
- localities were flooded with posters: "Speak Greek". Evening
- schools were opened in which adult Macedonians were taught Greek.
- Not a single Macedonian school functioned at that time.
-
- * In 1947, during the Greek Civil War, the legal Act L-2 was issued
- on the strength of which all who left Greece without consent of
- the Greek government were stripped of Greek citizenship and
- banned from returning to the country (see enclosure 10). This
- included Greeks and Macedonians. In its modernized version the
- Act is still binding for Macedonians.
-
- * On January 20, 1948 the legal Act called M was issued on the
- strength of which the property of those who were stripped of
- their citizenship was confiscated. The law was updated in 1985,
- but it is still binding on Macedonians.
-
- * On August 23, 1953 the legal Act No. 2536 was issued, on the
- strength of which all those who left Greece and who did not
- return within three years time could be deprived of their
- property.
-
- A decision on the resettlement of Macedonians was taken. A
- wide-flung campaign was launched in the mass media to induce the
- Macedonians to leave their native areas voluntarily and to settle in
- the south of the country and on the islands. The Greek authorities
- intended to create a 60 kilometre-wide belt along the border with
- Yugoslavia where "the faithful sons of the Greek nation" were to be
- settled.
-
- In the first point of this Act it is stated that the resettlement
- was necessary owing to the humanitarian aspect of the matter as the
- living standard of the Macedonians would improve. The actual
- intention was to separate Macedonians living in Greece from the
- Republic of Macedonia, then part of Yugoslavia. Due to a firm
- reaction from Yugoslavia the realization of the shameful plan was
- cancelled.
-
- * 1959: the legal Act No. 3958 was issued, on the strength of
- which the land of those who left Greece and did not return
- within five years time was confiscated. The law was amended
- in 1985, but it is still binding on Macedonians.
-
- Acts from the years 1948, 1953 and 1959 concerning property
- confiscation are a consequence of the 1947 ban on returning.
-
- * 1962: the legal Act No. 4234 was issued, on the strength of
- which persons who were stripped of their Greek citizenship were
- banned from returning to Greece. The ban on crossing the Greek
- border also extends to spouses and children! It is still in
- force for Macedonians, even those who left Greece as children.
-
- * 1969: a legal Act was issued on the strength of which the
- settlement of the unoccupied Macedonian farms by Greeks by
- origin was permitted.
-
- Currently it is planned to locate on this territory over one
- hundred thousand immigrants of Greek origin from the ex-Soviet
- Union. In the future this will be a source of new national
- tensions.
-
- * On December 29, 1982 during the rule of Andreas Papandreou the
- legal Act No. 106841 was issued. On the strength of that Act
- only Greeks by origin had the right to Greek citizenship and the
- right to return to Greece restored. Macedonians born in Greece
- and their families have been excluded. They were and are doomed
- to live in exile. Heads of various rungs of the state
- administration received the right to make free use of the
- property left in Greece by Macedonian refugees.
-
- The Greek authorities refer to that hostile Act whenever they
- reject Macedonian demands for the recovery of Greek citizenship
- taken away by default. They refer to that "law" even in their
- explanations to the Centre for Human Rights in Geneva! (text
- provides ref. to enclosures 10 and 11).
-
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Paris, December 1948:
-
- Art. XIII, Point 2: "Everyone has the right to leave every
- country, including one's own, and to return
- to his own country."
-
- Art. XV, Point 1: "Each man has the right to have a citizenship."
-
- Art. XV, Point 2: "No one can be freely dispossessed of his
- citizenship."
-
- * In April 1985 during the rule of Andreas Papandreou the next
- hostile Act, No. 1540, was issued. This amended the previously
- issued Acts regulating the property relations so as to make it
- absolutely impossible for Macedonians to return. This Act
- permits the recovery of illegally seized property to "Greeks by
- origin only". The Macedonian refugees from Greece are excluded.
-
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Paris, December 1948:
-
- Art. XVII, Point 2: "Nobody can be deprived of his property freely."
-
- * On August 30, 1989 a legal Act rehabilitating the participants
- in the Greek Civil War of 1946-49 was issued. These
- participants had hitherto been recognized as bandits.
-
- The Act granted damages and disability pensions to fighters in
- the civil war who now have Greek citizenship. By the same toke, the
- Macedonian fighters living in exile - who earlier had been stripped
- of their citizenship - were eliminated.
-
-
-
- What Europe Had Forgotten:
- The Struggle of the Aegean Macedonians.
- A Report by the Association of Macedonians in Poland.
-
- Published by POLITECON PUBLICATIONS
- PO Box 57, Asquith NSW 2077, Australia.
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