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[utu]

This federalization of Cyprus into two constituent states based on ethnicity is going to be very shaky... not to say very likely untenable if the ethnic angle is to be stressed. Given the events of 1963 and 1974, it seems certain that the middle road option (federal republic) is not going to endure. That leaves just two options: De Jure partition on the island, or a single unitary state.
It appears obvious that de jure partition is not an option that is in any way attractive to the people of the RoCy, yet people in the northern administration are not enthusiastic about being under a single unitary government dominated by the Greek Cypriot community because of 1963 and the attempted coup of 1974.
For a unitary state to succeed, people on the island would have to drop their primary allegiences to either Greece or Turkey. That may prove to be relatively easy, but how could a unitary state be made palatable to all parties? I had suggested in an earlier post a unitary lower house and a senate based on equal numbers of Cypriots based on their ethnic origins (Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Maronite) in order to provide a check and balance upon the lower house. It seemed NOT to get undue criticism.
I'd like to know if anyone out there in the forum has other ideas for making a unitary Cypriot republic work properly, and - of course - with the consent and participation of all Cypriot communities...

[Nikitas]

We almost got there, in 1973 when Denktash and Clerides had hammered out an agreement of a workable unitary state. Almost because our two motherlands conspired to nix that deal.

[utu]

We almost got there, in 1973 when Denktash and Clerides had hammered out an agreement of a workable unitary state. Almost because our two motherlands conspired to nix that deal.

That figures...

[Get Real!]

Where are all the usual “political arrangement” supporters (BBF/BBC/BF/BC/DDT) to answer Utu’s concerns?

[EPSILON]

This federalization of Cyprus into two constituent states based on ethnicity is going to be very shaky... not to say very likely untenable if the ethnic angle is to be stressed. Given the events of 1963 and 1974, it seems certain that the middle road option (federal republic) is not going to endure. That leaves just two options: De Jure partition on the island, or a single unitary state.
It appears obvious that de jure partition is not an option that is in any way attractive to the people of the RoCy, yet people in the northern administration are not enthusiastic about being under a single unitary government dominated by the Greek Cypriot community because of 1963 and the attempted coup of 1974.
For a unitary state to succeed, people on the island would have to drop their primary allegiences to either Greece or Turkey. That may prove to be relatively easy, but how could a unitary state be made palatable to all parties? I had suggested in an earlier post a unitary lower house and a senate based on equal numbers of Cypriots based on their ethnic origins (Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Maronite) in order to provide a check and balance upon the lower house. It seemed NOT to get undue criticism.
I'd like to know if anyone out there in the forum has other ideas for making a unitary Cypriot republic work properly, and - of course - with the consent and participation of all Cypriot communities...

PLAN B: Convist USA that T/cs are cooperators with PKK -Therefotre turrorists -then unitary Cyprus appears with no T/cs on board

[repulsewarrior]

one Federal government, with its checks and balances, two (or more) National Assemblies to execute these criteria to the satisfaction of its respective majorities as Communities.