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[craigbeck]

Who is Costas Themistocleous and why does he only get a potential 1% of the available vote:

Tassos Papadopoulos 31%

Dimitris Christofias 30%

Ioannis Kasoulides 29%

Costas Themistocleous 1%



C

[Tim Drayton]

Who is Costas Themistocleous and why does he only get a potential 1% of the available vote:

Tassos Papadopoulos 31%

Dimitris Christofias 30%

Ioannis Kasoulides 29%

Costas Themistocleous 1%



C

His own party is backing Christofias which hardly gives him much of a boost!

[pantheman]

Who is Costas Themistocleous and why does he only get a potential 1% of the available vote:

Tassos Papadopoulos 31%

Dimitris Christofias 30%

Ioannis Kasoulides 29%

Costas Themistocleous 1%



C

I guess he is just trying to get on the gravey train with everyone else.

Thats politics for you.

the EU has to be the worst though for corrupt politicians and gravey trains. In fact, the are fillet steaks at that.

F them all is what I say.

[Bananiot]

Here is the man. He is the only person that speaks sincerely his mind. As a Minister of Agriculture he made a name for hislef as a man of action.

[cymart]

Much as myself and 'Bananiot' share a lot of things in common,he is being a bit premature regarding the election results.Although I am as desparate as he is to get a change of government,I have seen so many blithe optimists proved wrong on lots of occasions!Until the votes from the first round have been counted,nothing can be taken for granted and even then,unless Papad. loses there is still the danger he could win on round two,especially if he runs against Cassoulides.......The only way to prevent this is for the leaders of the two major parties to have a common agreement that neither of them will vote for Papad. in the event that their own candidate loses in round one....But even if they do, will all their members follow instructions???On a more positive note,Kyprianou faced a similar situation in 1988 when both AKEL and DISY ran against him and lost to Vassiliou so let's hope the same scenario will be repeated in February.....But never forget that even 24 hours is a long time in politics and we still have two months to go,so anything is possible!
I can still remember when Labour called an early election in 1971 in the U.K. after the opinion polls showed they were in the lead,and then lost to the Conservatives.......
Coming back to 'professors' argument why he wants Papad. to be re-elected,I appreciate his honesty but disagree with him.....
Divided countries are never happy places and such a solution would be a tragedy in Cyprus.Although we would get back Varosha and some buffer zone villages as a trade-off(but probably not Morphou) the influx of immigrants from Turkey will continue,the Turkish Army will stay and the Turkish Cypriots will soon vanish from the north,will all the inherant dangers this implies:Whilst I fully agree with what Loucas Charalambous wrote yesterday in Politis and Sunday Mail that many refugees would not opt to return after more than 30 years,especially to the Turkish controlled zone, even if it was safe to do so, and this problem can be resolved amicably, the other aspects are crucial for the whole island.The only people who short-sightedly support partition are mis-guided nationalists who have a pathological hatred of Turkey and even the Turkish Cypriots,and equally obnoxious groups such as those who have made millions since 1974 and are against any change in the status-quo because they believe it will affect their economic interests!Much as I hate to say it ,this seems to apply, especially here in Paphos where they think they never had it so good!In all fairness though there are plenty of supporters of the other candidates and even some who admit they voted'yes' in the referendum and are not afraid to say so!
If there is finally partition, and even if we get back Varosha etc, I will sell-up and leave Cyprus because I don't want to experience living in such a country again.I had very painful personal situations to deal with in Germany many years ago as a result of it there and believe you me,it is no solution and no future!

[Bananiot]

Are you not posting in the wrong thread cymart?

[cymart]

It just seemed relevant somehow because of the reference to Themistocleous.....

[Bananiot]

Yes, but you confused our Piratis who wrote about Costas Themistocleous in a different thread. He claimed that Costas Themistocleous is the scum of the earth. Not worth replying to, he is already so sure.

[pantheman]

Much as myself and 'Bananiot' share a lot of things in common,he is being a bit premature regarding the election results.Although I am as desparate as he is to get a change of government,I have seen so many blithe optimists proved wrong on lots of occasions!Until the votes from the first round have been counted,nothing can be taken for granted and even then,unless Papad. loses there is still the danger he could win on round two,especially if he runs against Cassoulides.......The only way to prevent this is for the leaders of the two major parties to have a common agreement that neither of them will vote for Papad. in the event that their own candidate loses in round one....But even if they do, will all their members follow instructions???On a more positive note,Kyprianou faced a similar situation in 1988 when both AKEL and DISY ran against him and lost to Vassiliou so let's hope the same scenario will be repeated in February.....But never forget that even 24 hours is a long time in politics and we still have two months to go,so anything is possible!
I can still remember when Labour called an early election in 1971 in the U.K. after the opinion polls showed they were in the lead,and then lost to the Conservatives.......
Coming back to 'professors' argument why he wants Papad. to be re-elected,I appreciate his honesty but disagree with him.....
Divided countries are never happy places and such a solution would be a tragedy in Cyprus.Although we would get back Varosha and some buffer zone villages as a trade-off(but probably not Morphou) the influx of immigrants from Turkey will continue,the Turkish Army will stay and the Turkish Cypriots will soon vanish from the north,will all the inherant dangers this implies:Whilst I fully agree with what Loucas Charalambous wrote yesterday in Politis and Sunday Mail that many refugees would not opt to return after more than 30 years,especially to the Turkish controlled zone, even if it was safe to do so, and this problem can be resolved amicably, the other aspects are crucial for the whole island.The only people who short-sightedly support partition are mis-guided nationalists who have a pathological hatred of Turkey and even the Turkish Cypriots,and equally obnoxious groups such as those who have made millions since 1974 and are against any change in the status-quo because they believe it will affect their economic interests!Much as I hate to say it ,this seems to apply, especially here in Paphos where they think they never had it so good!In all fairness though there are plenty of supporters of the other candidates and even some who admit they voted'yes' in the referendum and are not afraid to say so!
If there is finally partition, and even if we get back Varosha etc, I will sell-up and leave Cyprus because I don't want to experience living in such a country again.I had very painful personal situations to deal with in Germany many years ago as a result of it there and believe you me,it is no solution and no future!

I didn't expect anything different from scum of the likes of you. Thats it ,go on, spread your crap about Tpap, to get another elected idiot to sell us down the crapper, just so that YOU can sell up and go back to your beloved country.

Cymart you are a disgrace, i pity the poor stupid GC woman you have married and i am damn sure she doen't know about the shit you are writing. Its been your intention all long to get the varoshia back just so that you can sell up and fuck off. Well, don't wait for it pal, cos it ain't gonna happen, cyprus with friends like you who needs enemies.

If you had said you wanted the change for the better, I might have respected you, but all long as I have been saying you are only in it for the financial gain, you are no better than all those corrupted individuals that you make reference to.

Go tell hell, its because of your likes that we are in this sorry postion that we are in and now you have the audacity to say it openly.

At least when the TCs call for partition, they may have some rights to do so because of their history and for that I don't dislike or hate them, but you, you miserable bastard, its just the money. You are the typical foreign meddler whos only in it for his own neck. I wish to god you NEVER get your shit back, as I have already accepted the loss of mine.

Go to hell

[Bananiot]

Cymart also said this:

The only people who short-sightedly support partition are mis-guided nationalists who have a pathological hatred of Turkey and even the Turkish Cypriots,and equally obnoxious groups such as those who have made millions since 1974 and are against any change in the status-quo because they believe it will affect their economic interests!Much as I hate to say it ,this seems to apply, especially here in Paphos where they think they never had it so good!

Which I fully endorse and since my wife as well as myself are Cypriots perhaps you Pantheman will have the decency to allow me to have my opinion.