The families of the victims of the fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kochani held the 42nd March of Angels on Saturday, marching from the Revolution Park to the building of the Kochani Public Prosecutor’s Office (Kochani PPO).
They stopped in front of the police building, demanding accountability for the police officers who failed to intervene that night when the pyrotechnics caught fire, as well as during the evacuation of their children from the club.
“What exactly did the officials do in those crucial moments? They stood silently and blocked the doors of the only entrance-exit and when they saw that the fire was spreading, they were the first to cowardly run away to save their heads. This is an institutional defeat at the most critical moment, which is why today we ask: is this a system ready to protect citizens or a system that completely failed at the most important moment? Because in those minutes, not only professionalism was measured, but humanity was measured. Responsibility was measured. Whether the uniform meant protection or just a weightless function when most needed it was measured. But that’s why they worked perfectly: the silence, turning a blind eye, protecting each other and the feeling that no one would ever be held accountable,” said Rozeta Blazheva.
