Minister Gajdoš commemorates Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day and communist-era victims
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Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš along with Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko and members of the Cabinet commemorated Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day and the victims of the communist regime at a ceremony held at the Memorial to the Executed and Tortured Political Prisoners of Communism in Bratislava’s Vrakuňa Cemetery today (17 November 2019).
Reflecting on the occasion, Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “Our task is to preserve and cultivate the democratic values that the revolutionary streets of November 1989 called for. Equally important, we must never forget those whose lives were taken away from them due to the cruelty of the communist regime. After all, as engraved onto the Memorial here at the Vrakuňa Cemetery, “…they expected justice, but instead they were treated with contempt, they looked for freedom, but instead they found death…” Sadly, this quotation offers a very fitting image of the previous regime’s cruelty.” At the same time, he underlined that building democracy on the principles of freedom and the rule of law is a responsibility of every individual even today.
Reflecting on the occasion, Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “Our task is to preserve and cultivate the democratic values that the revolutionary streets of November 1989 called for. Equally important, we must never forget those whose lives were taken away from them due to the cruelty of the communist regime. After all, as engraved onto the Memorial here at the Vrakuňa Cemetery, “…they expected justice, but instead they were treated with contempt, they looked for freedom, but instead they found death…” Sadly, this quotation offers a very fitting image of the previous regime’s cruelty.” At the same time, he underlined that building democracy on the principles of freedom and the rule of law is a responsibility of every individual even today.
