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[erolz]

Hello, good morning Erol. Never you heard that there were NO elections in RoC because there were no canditates against Makarios? Never you heard that there was only ONCE, one canditate against Makarios who got only 3%, and that one was actually a Grivas oglani? And by the way, like I said Makarios was slowly shifting away from the Enosis target, so your question of whether the people were supporting Makarios aims to their voting, is actually irrelevant.The one and only time people had the chance to vote, they had to choose between a Grivas oglani, and Makarios. You draw your own conclusions from the result of that voting, and let me hear them.

Were there not presidential elections in December 59? Did Glafkos Clerides father not stand against Makarios? Did he not get 1/3 of the votes?

[MicAtCyp]

Erol,

I was talking for the period the Cyprus Republic became a Republic with an elected President. and an elected Vice President who then appointed Ministers etc etc. and started functioning as such i.e from 1960 onwards. My whole argument was to indicate you that there was no direct link between the fact that Makarios remained President all those years with whether he supported or abandoned the Enosis dream. For your information Makarios remained the President even after 1974 (i think he died in 1977).

What are you trying to prove me by saying that in December 1959 Makarios was elected to be the 1st President of the new Republic? That this event happened after the functioning of the new Republic and after the British left? It did not! That Makarios was pro-Enosist? Did I say at that time he wasn’t?


PS. Still wating your conclusions regarding the 3% the opponent of Makarios got .