TC EXPERT ERHURMAN SAYS GC PROPOSAL ON EXECUTIVE GOES AGAINST POLITICAL EQUALITY
Tufan Erhurman, a member of President Mehmet Ali Talat’s negotiations delegation and a DAU Academician, has provided some information about the negotiations process regarding federal governance and executive.
Assistant Prof. Dr. Erhurman said the Greek Cypriot proposal on federal executive goes against the principles of bi-communality and political equality.
The executive system offered by the Greek Cypriot side will lead to the distortion of the Turkish Cypriot willpower and this is going to create a determinative effect` Mr Erhurman explained.
He said the proposal does not perceive the willpower of the two peoples of Cyprus as separate and instead takes Cyprus as a single community.
And the proposal which ignores the political equality of Turkish Cypriots offers the election of the President and Vice-President with a weighted ballot by Greek Cypriot voters.
`The Greek Cypriot side’s proposal is completely based on the presidential system and the President and his deputy, who will be directly elected by the people, will become clear on the voting script` Erhurman said.
He stated that the ideal executive system for Cyprus is the one offered by the Turkish Cypriot side- that is the Swiss model of Presidential Council.