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Majority rule means war.(An article from 1964)

How can we solve it? (keep it civilized)

Postby insan » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:52 pm

Kifeas wrote:
All seems good, compatriot Kifeas but still I found no answer for what type of checks and balances we need. What powers will the President and vice-President vested. Lately, in hope of finding some useful info I'm reading about the mechanisms of checks and balances of various countries. Here's some of them I found interesting...


Compatriot Insan,
I believe that the model I described, which apparently is similar to the Annan plan, although more balanced in order to also address the needs and fears of the Greek Cypriots, without subjecting the viable concerns of Turkish Cypriots, offers an adequate mechanism for what you call checks and balances or in other words the division of powers in a state so that no abuse of power occurs. It is the well-known model of the tree powers (Judicial, executive and legislative,) and press being the forth power. I believe it will be more interesting and productive to discuss the basics and also address specific issues that might concern you in this context of checks and balances, instead of entering in an academic discussion of all the world-wide theories regarding this concept.



I agree with you. I haven't noticed your last post when I was posting my previous message. Your ideas sounds good my friend . Please continue I'm hearing you. :D

On which basic principles the ministerial council should be be established? How should the misterial council composed? Should they be appointed by PR or VP? How should they use their powers?

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Postby Kifeas » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:27 pm

insan wrote:I agree with you. I haven't noticed your last post when I was posting my previous message. Your ideas sounds good my friend . Please continue I'm hearing you.

On which basic principles the ministerial council should be be established? How should the misterial council composed? Should they be appointed by PR or VP? How should they use their powers?

What's your opinions, Kifeas?


The size (number of ministers) should depend on the amount of power vested to the Federal government vs. the two CS. First of all I believe that the constitution of the federal government should super seat that of the Constituent states, instead of all three constitutions to be on the same level (that's however another subject which we may discuss later.)
I believe a cabinet council composed of the PR, the VP and 9 ministers is an ideal balance. That means the total number is 11 (eleven.) Each one, including PR and VP will have one vote. No one single person should have the right of veto (incl. PR and VP.) The cabinet should be composed by ministers from both CS. The minimum number any CS will have will be 3 (including either the PR or the VP.) The ministers from both CS should be selected by the PR and VP jointly. In other words, for each one member of the cabinet both PR and VP must agree. That perhaps should will be the only veto power that either PR or VP will have, i.e. in the selection of ministers. Decisions should be taken unanimously (consensus) or at least with simple majority, provided that at least one member of the cabinet from each CS, votes in favour of taking the decision. Always remember that the election of the PR-VP duo and thus also the formation of cabinet is the product of an Inter-CS political collision of parties with a similar ideological platform. More or less the system that exists in the US (i.e. Democrats vs. Republicans,) although in this case both PR and VP will have almost equal power. Only symbolically the chosen PR will chair the government for 3 years and the VP for one year. It doesn't necessarily have to be a GCCS president and TCCS VP, it can be the opposite. It is up to the political party collision to decide on the persons and on the political agenda.
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Postby insan » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:54 pm

The minimum number any CS will have will be 3 (including either the PR or the VP.) The ministers from both CS should be selected by the PR and VP jointly. In other words, for each one member of the cabinet both PR and VP must agree. That perhaps should will be the only veto power that either PR or VP will have, i.e. in the selection of ministers. Decisions should be taken unanimously (consensus) or at least with simple majority, provided that at least one member of the cabinet from each CS, votes in favour of taking the decision.


This means ministerial council will be composed of 7 GCs and 4 TCs because most probably the TC VP would veto any suggested GC minister from TCCS even if they have had the same ideology(AKEL vs CTP disputes are famous). By taking into consideration the mentality of both communities; their prejudices, concerns and discriminative interests I don't think majority of TCs would accept such a political structure. It even doesn't seem to me practically feasible but It is theoretically good and acceptable for me.

Perhaps it would be more rational to base our discussion something that is acceptable to majority of two communities instead of a marginal like me. How about starting from a land share %19 - %81?
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Postby Kifeas » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:04 pm

Insan, I 'll get back to it perhaps later in the afternoon.
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Postby MicAtCyp » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:01 pm

Insan wrote: ." So now I'm asking to you Kifeas, if TC community doesn't have "political equality" on legislative matters, how can we effectively participate on decision making mechanisms of our common state.


He already explained you (in his post preceeding yours) you that a separate majority IS political equality.

Supposely you two were to discuss in a dialectic manner. Is this a dialectic discussion first of all? One hundered issues simultaneously...? When you Insan do not even listen to the arguments of kifeas, how could you two possibly discuss in a dialectic manner to "filter out the truth"?

Insan wrote: First you surrender to GC rule, don't worry about the rest. We know how to make you obbey the things we believe."


This is your twisted interepretation. All proposals so far care to quarantee this will not happen.Yet you are never satisfied.

Insan wrote: EU principles are based upon pragmatism and rationalism. The constitution and laws of EU are not static. They are naturally in progress. Any valid and/or rational demand of any EU country is welcomed by EU.


Right! As long as it serves your paranoid demands, the EU must change the most basic principles on which it is founded like the freedom of movement, settlement, trade, and enjoy of ones own property. And who is going to decide which demands are valid and rational, you by any chance in a million?

insan wrote: Most of those sad, hurting situations, sufferings arised from "majority rule" insistence of Hellenic ruling Elite. Apparently most of the Hellenes still insist on "majority rule."


Lets change the standards then. Lets make the whole world run by "minority rule". Or by absolute equality of the 18% to the 82% which is again a kind of "minority rule". Would that make you happy?

TC community knows how to struggle against difficulties even under the harshest circumstances.


By staying poor? Or by depending on others? When exactly did your community ever struggled and succeeded? Do you have a precedence? All your struggles so far ended at abandoning the place....

With what you suggesting we will end up with a Senate
that TCs will have estimately 1/4 of the seats.
One-man-one-vote will be applied. Everything TCs have
had legal objections will most probably rejected by
majority(naturally by GC senators) and we will be shown
the direction of supreme court or ECHR to go and ask for
justice. We will rot our lives at the doors of Supreme
Court and ECHR by waiting the justice to prevail. Most
of the TCs will feel frustrated and feed up. They will
sell whatever they own and flee other countries.


What a naive argument!. First of all how can this happen when you have a separate majority? If the law does not pass with separate majority it simply is dead and burried, why should anyone go to any court??
Secondly it seems to me you don't know that IT IS NOT the laws themselves that can provide economical well being to the people.(Unless of course they are discriminiting on ethnic or other basis which is obviously unconstitutional and can be turned down by the supreme court in the very unlikely event that both your and our Senators approve it-therefore no need for ECHR.) What affects the economic well being of the people is the practicing of the power the law gives to the excecutive organs of the State. In case of Federation the excecutive power will be practiced by the component States and the local authorities like Municipalities local Police, local courts etc. Now it's upto you to explain me how your own Municipalities and local authorities will strungle you so that you will have no other choice than to flee to other Countries.
Even the budget is not the job of the Chamber or the Senate. These bodies can only approve or turn down all, or parts of the budget presented to them by the Excecutive authorities of the State which in case of Federation is derived by the Fed states themselves.Furthermore in case of a Federation don't be so sure you will get more money than what your own Fed State gives to the central State. You will always get less. In fact in Anan 5 it was so much less that both CSs would get bankrupt from the very first year....

If what you are suggesting is not a GC state with a TC minority what is it then?


The TCs are a minority in numbers, you have to swallow this, because this is the reality. It doesn’t mean as a group will have less rights, it doesn’t mean as individuals will have less rights.There are a million ways to guarantee and safeguard this, without asking the majority to give you 50-50% power on everything, without asking 50-50% on whatever means take or profit , and without asking minority-majority % on whatever means give or pay. Because that’s exploitation.
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Postby Kifeas » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:50 pm

Dear friend MicAtCyp

I appreciate your valuable contribution but I cannot accept the characterisations you made. You used the terms "twisted" interpretation and "paranoid" demands and also "naive" argument. I suggest you withdraw the used adjectives and apologise.

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Postby Saint Jimmy » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:01 pm

Kifeas wrote:I appreciate your valuable contribution but I cannot accept the characterisations you made. You used the terms "twisted" interpretation and "paranoid" demands and also "naive" argument. I suggest you withdraw the used adjectives and apologise.

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Respect! :shock:
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Postby Viewpoint » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:35 pm

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The TCs are a minority in numbers, you have to swallow this, because this is the reality. It doesn’t mean as a group will have less rights, it doesn’t mean as individuals will have less rights.There are a million ways to guarantee and safeguard this, without asking the majority to give you 50-50% power on everything, without asking 50-50% on whatever means take or profit , and without asking minority-majority % on whatever means give or pay. Because that’s exploitation.


Come on TCs wake up do we really want or need a solution with people like this????Knowing people like this exist in the south sends chills down my back bone they would use the guns stored in their homes to shoot us in an instant and without a second thought, majority rule. Frightening thought. :?
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Postby boulio » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:40 pm

i think you do,and so does turkey.[/quote]
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Postby metecyp » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:54 pm

MicAtCyp wrote:By staying poor? Or by depending on others? When exactly did your community ever struggled and succeeded? Do you have a precedence? All your struggles so far ended at abandoning the place....

What an insult! We succeeded to stop Enosis, and even that is a huge accomplishment by itself. Do you really expect that any TC will read your post and not get offended? What's the point of posting if you're not trying to communicate?
MicAtCyp wrote:The TCs are a minority in numbers, you have to swallow this, because this is the reality.

Nobody denies this reality and no TC (maybe except Denktash) wants 50-50 on everything. What we want is a powerful checks & balances system (better than 1960 since it didn't work out) where we can be sure that we won't be excluded from decision-making for another 40 years. That's it. That's what you have to swallow.
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