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My view is that the Tc's in a unitary state would possibly hold the balance of power. It is well known that GC's are split between left and right. It therefore would stand to reason that a politically well organised TC community could hold the balance of power and hence gain their fair share of political influence in the RoC.

The problem with the RoC as it stands is that it is a bicommunal republic! It is actually DETRIMENTAL in the sense that it makes one community feel inferior to the other from the word go.

In any mature democracy, you generally find that the minorities hold the balance of power. It would be the same in Cyprus if the people were allowed to politically mature and the TC's would play a full and active part in that and have the political and social influence that they deserve to have.

I think its true that many GC's looked down on the TC's but if you talk to many GC's now, many would agree that they themselves as a community fostered that situation and even more so after independence because of the feeling that TC's gained a disproportionate influence in the workings of government and as such fostered some resentment in the GC community. Many Gc's DO blame their community and openly admit to it.

I also think that the pursuit of Enosis also polarised the GC community and as such, in the 1960's a truly unitary state would fall apart anyway due to the polarisation of the 2 communities towards partition or Enosis.

Today, if the bicommunal nature of the constitution were eliminated I think you may find the TC's will have a more influential role in Cypriot politics. But this I think is probably a step too far for many TC's. It is the fear of the past that drives the future for many of them. On the GC side, I think the lesson has been painfully learnt and that is demostrtated by the change of leadership in February to a pro solution president.

thank you mikkie2, very astute.

agree with you, ...it is why I propose enclaves, and please, read my Manifesto in the Solution section of this Forum.

Maybe you should replace the word "enclaves" with something less taboo...

[repulsewarrior]

...thanks GR, i've thought of that. "cantons' causes the same confusion (and it is not as accurate) because of the word's present usage.

i believe that if anywhere, in Cyprus, using the word enclaves without its negative context, will provide for the rest of Humanity a political-economic tool that is valuable.

...consider a State as I propose in Palestine/Isreal where the enclaves can exist without leaving Palestinians living in them as hostages to the debacle they are suffering because Isrealis will have to contend with enclaves of their own.

...consider Jerusalem a capital of these two Nations, under one State (neither "Jewish" or "Arab").