The National Festivities Committee said this evening that flowers laid at the foot of the Independence Monument by an MLP delegation were briefly removed from the monument yesterday during the wreath laying ceremony by the President and the Prime Minister.

The committee stressed that the MLP had been told beforehand what would happen, since it was the practice for the President and the Prime Minister to lay flowers first at official ceremonies.

The committee was reacting to a statement by the MLP yesterday.

The committee said it had been informed by the MLP that its delegation would place flowers on the monument at 10.30 a.m.

Since the President and the Prime Minister were to place flowers at the foot of the monument at Noon, after Pontifical Mass which started at 10 a.m. it was suggested to the MLP that its delegation should lay their wreaths after the wreath-laying ceremony by the President and the Prime Minister. The committee pointed out that it was always the President and the Prime Ministers who placed flowers first.

Since the MLP said its officials could not be present at that time, the party was informed by the committee that its flowers would be temporarily removed from the monument during the official ceremony, the committee said.

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