turkcyp wrote:Anyway coming to today environment. The only way you can justify extraordinary circumstances on the island is the existence of Turkish army. That is why I have bluntly asked you the question of if you are willing to put back the 1960 constitution back into effect if Turkish army leaves tomorrow?
Not only the existence of the Turkish army, in my opinion, but also the existence of an entity called “TRNC,” the huge number of settlers and illegal workers in the north, the violation of property rights of GCs and the illegal sale of them, all together constitute a situation that can be described as an extraordinary one.
You ask me if I am willing (me personally I suppose, because as you may understand, I cannot speak on behalf of the RoC,) to put back the constitution of 1960 into a full effect, if the Turkish Army lives tomorrow.
I personally would do it, provided that the leadership of the TC community, simultaneously with the removal of the Turkish Army, will be ready to: a.) Denounce the existence of “TRNC”, b) Accept the full authority of the RoC in the entire area of Cyprus, c.) Accept the continuation of the RoC from 1960 until now and therefore all the laws, agreements and international treaties signed by it throughout all these years, d.) Accept that all the settlers, except those married with TCs and a logically small percentage of the rest (solely on the basis of humanitarian reasons,) should live from Cyprus and will agree to cooperate and participate in their relocation back to Turkey, e.) Accept that the property issue should be treated on the basis of full respect of human and property rights of the original owners, except were it will be necessary to deviate from this principle on the basis of humanitarian reasons and in favour of the TCs that left from the south and do not wish to be relocated back to their original properties.
Furthermore, Turkey, with the removal its troops from Cyprus, should: a.) Recognise the RoC and simultaneously de-recognise the “TRNC” b.) Should actively pursue and facilitate the relocation of settlers back to Turkey, both financially and physically.
Under this (above) scenario, if I were the leader of the GC community or the RoC, I would immediately give to the TC community all its separate communal constitutional rights. I would also remove any (although they are a very small number) mainland Greek troops that exist at the moment in the south and denounce any joined military pacts with Greece. I would also be willing to renegotiate any previously taken RoC laws or decisions that
objectively have a gross negative effect on the interests and feelings of the TC community.
If however, a number of TCs (small or big) wish on an individual initiative (i.e. not the community as a whole with it’s leadership,) wish to participate in the RoC political system, then this issue will be addressed in the way that the case of Ibrahim Aziz dictates, i.e. all political rights that every other individual has in the Republic of Cyprus but without accepting to grant the separate political status of a separate community.
Now that I have given my personal testimony, I would like to here your own views on the matter.
Do you suggest that the RoC should reinstate the separate community rights of the TCs, even though the situation remains as it is now, and perhaps half of the members of the TC community choose to participate in the RoC and the other half will continue to pursue the maintenance and continuation of the “TRNC”?
What do you personally suggest?