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Riot police called to restore order at stormy session of Cypriot parliament

Xinhua, April 7, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tempers ran out of control and anti-riot police were called in on Friday to eject heckling supporters of a fascist party during an unprecedented session of the Cypriot parliament in a debate of a controversial law.

After a four-hour acrimonious high-pitched debate, right-wing ruling DISY party and left-wing main opposition AKEL party joined forces to pass a law by a majority of 30 to 20, in the 56-member chamber. Five MPs were not present and the speaker did not cast a vote.

The law reverses a previous parliamentary decision to commemorate in school classes a 1950 referendum in which Greek Cypriots had voted in favor of "enosis" or union with Greece. Endit