Viewpoint wrote:Then what have you to say about our rights being ripped from us in 1963? what did the GC do wrong? why did they continue to discriminate against us? where did they go wrong? and what are they doing wrong to day with regards to finding a solution?
Lets us see what you have to say and how honest you can be for all to read or will you get again fob us off with some meaningless verbal diarrhea?
I for one could never have accepted the way the 1960 Constitution was written in the way it was, had I had the opportunity at that time. It was designed to create problems, and problems it did create. It had to be one of the most Racist, Undemocratic, and violations of Human Rights documents ever written as a form of a Constitution, until of course, the Annan Plan in 2004 for "peace". So needless to say, in order for the 1960 Constitution to work, and like all Constitutions, it needed changes from time to time, to make it work. Naturally, when the TC's said NO, it made matters worse which played into the hands of those who wanted Cyprus Partitioned, and whether the TC's withdrew from the RoC government or they were pushed out remains to be point of contention, but the end result was, it really did not matter which was the truth, because both sides by now had gotten what they wanted, a dysfunctional Independent country which was to set the stage for further misery and destruction, and misery and destruction is what we have gotten since. The biggest injustice for the TC's were from 1963 until 1974. The question remains to be answered is, who was committing these injustices on the TC community. Well, the answer is by both Makarios and Denktash, once again for their own selfish reasons.
Since 1974, if we are going to be honest, we will have to say that Denktash was not interested in peace as long as the Turkish Army was there to help him keep the divide at 37%-63% ratio. Neither were the TC's by and large, and even if they did, what could have they done, when Denktash and his cronies were controlling the lives of every TC in the north with the help of the Turkish Troops for the next 30 years in close isolation from the south. The only time any form of reconciliation with the GC's was brought to light, was because of the imminent admission of the RoC into the EU. This of course was going to be a threat to Turkey's future plans about her EU admission plans, as well as levelling the playing field for the RoC to tackle the occupation with diplomatic means, by having a veto power over Turkey, therefore this thread had to be dealt with before the RoC became a EU member, and the Annan Plan was born to solve the problem for Turkey and keep the partition plans for Denktash.
Today, as far as I can see, the GC's would like to have a settlement based on BBF, a True Federation as prescribed by the UN resolutions and not all the garbage that was in the Annan Plan that the TC's now want to adopt again. I know also, that great deal of the GC's would also like to have a Unitary Government (state) instead of BBF, and I have told you very long time ago, that this will not be possible any longer, hence the fact that I'm pushing for a more realistic option, specially for the TC's to have a state for the majority TC's in a True Federal RoC. But you can see for yourself for all the resistance that is coming from the north for a Fair and Just settlement under this plan of BBF. Instead they talk about separate citizenship's and seperate sovereignty and so on. So, if you ask me today who is an obstacle to peace, I would have to say the TC's. Tomorrow may well be a different story, but today is what it is.
Being part of the EU now, we really do not have a choice but to follow True Democracy, respecting Human Rights, and everyone treated equal politically as well as individually if we are to move forward with a settlement. Once these principles are accepted, then we can move forward for a settlement. Anything less than these principles will not be accepted by the EU, nor should they be accepted by any Cypriots. But not everyone wants a settlement as one country, but a partition such as yourself. You have been trying to get recognition since 1983 without any success, so now you would want to have an agreed partition. Some say "no, go to hell" and others say, "sure, at 82% 18%". We will have to wait and see what the present talks will produce, but those who believe, that if they can get the GC's to say another NO to another peace deal, will give them a recognition to the north is very much mistaken, and perhaps it is the reason as to why some in the north are making unreasonable demands for a settlement. I do not accept anyone will fall for those tricks anytime soon, so it's best that they get behind a True BBF settlement plans, so that we can elect a TC president for Cyprus one day, just as the blacks are about to elect one of their own to the White House. The important thing is to be an active participants for peace by all, despite the efforts of some rejectionists from both sides. There should be enough of the majority to want peace to bring about one. The majority of True Cypriots can determine the new course of Cyprus for the benefit for all Cypriots.
