In a statement, the party noted that to look after the graves of the killed, no matter which side they fought for, was humane but has nothing to do with attempts to indoctrinate people to believe that Estonians who fought for the Nazis during the war were fighting for the liberation and independence of Estonia.
At the same time, the document continued, " the victors over fascism and the true liberators of Estonia, the soldiers of the Soviet Army, including the soldiers of the Estonian rifle corps, have been labeled as occupants, they have been deprived of many political and social rights."
The statement draws attention to the policy of double standards followed by state, political and public institutes of the country.
"On the one hand, ideological, organizational and financial support of all events of this kind can be clearly discerned in the internal policy," the statement said, "and on the other, the timid formal protests of some functionaries, called upon to smooth out the negative consequences in the foreign policy."
In view of this, the party called upon the government and other parties, primarily parliamentary parties, to prevent the construction of the monument in Lihula and adopt the necessary legislative restrictions to prevent such attempts in the future.
The United People's Party of Estonia also called upon the Tallinn City Assembly and City Hall to mark September 22, the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Tallinn from the Nazi occupation.
"Having become a full and equal member of the family of the European nations," the statement said, "letus follow, also in our internal policy, the high humanitarian ideals which are advocated in civilized countries. Let us remember that if the Nazis won, there would be neither an independent Estonia nor the Estonian people in general."
