Cyprus-Forum.com

[halil]

POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS SAY EVERYONE SHOULD RESPECT THE ELECTION RESULTS
The President of the High Electoral Council Nevvar Nolan has said that the election has taken place in a democratic atmosphere.

Pointing out that the elections ran smoothly, he noted that no incidents were reported throughout the day.

He also said that the turnout was nearly %82.

Commenting on the results, Rauf Denktash has said that the results of the election should be respected by everyone.

Stressing that the final of a democratic race was held yesterday, he underlined the need for the correct evaluation of the results.

Mr Denktash also expressed satisfaction over the high turnout in the election.

For his part, the winner of the election - the Leader of the National Unity Party Dervis Eroglu stated that his party was by the side of President
Mehmet Ali in the continuing Cyprus negotiation process.

He stressed that the UBP should not be labeled as an opponent of EU membership and the negotiation process.

Pointing out that the elections were over and a new period has just started, Mr Eroglu said the UBP would work hard to overcome serious
problems being faced.

Speaking after the announcement of the results, the leader of the Republican Turkish Party-United Forces – Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer said that his party has been given the duty of opposition by the voters.

`As opposition, we will support solution of the Cyprus problem and the EU process`, he said.

Mr Soyer noted that he telephoned the UBP Leader Dervis Eroglu and congratulated him for his party’s success in the election.

The CTP-BG leader said that the results of the election would be evaluated by the authorized organs of the party.

For his part, Serdar Denktash - the Leader of the Democrat Party which came third in the election, said `let’s hope for the best for the TRNC and the TRNC people`.

He said that his party would continue to formulate solutions to the problems being faced in the country and to share their views with the people.

The Leader of the Communal Democracy Party Mehmet Cakici said he wasn’t satisfied with the results of the election but added that his party would continue its struggle.

He noted that a thorough evaluation of the election results would be made in the coming days.

Also commenting, the Leader of the Freedom and Reform Party – deputy-Prime Minister Foreign Minister Turgay Avci said that the ORP won the support of around 6% of the voters in spite of all accusations against the party.

Stressing that all should respect the results of the election, he congratulated the UBP Leader Dervis Eroglu and all new members of the parliament for their success.

[halil]

North Cyprus New elected MP's lists


Lefkoşa(Nicosia)
UBP
Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, Hüseyin Özgürgün, Şerife Ünverdi, Ersin Tatar, Hasan Taçoy, Zorlu Töre, Ali Çetin Amcaoğlu, İrsen Küçük

CTP:
Sibel Siber, Özdil Nami, Ozkan Yorgancıoğlu, Mustafa Yektaoğlu, Kadri Fellahoğlu

DP
Mustafa Arabacıoğlu, Serdar Denktaş

TDP
Mehmet Çakıcı

Güzelyurt;(Morfou)
UBP:
Kemal Dürüst, Ahmet Çaluda, Mutlu Atasayan, Türkay Tokel

CTP:
Fatma Ekenoğlu, Mehmet Çağlar

İskele:(Trikomo)

UBP:
Nazım Çavuşoğlu, Ahmet Zengin, Aliriza Usluer

CTP:
Önder Sennaroğlu

DP:
Ejder Aslanbaba

ÖRP:
Mustafa Gökmen

Famagusta:(Gazimagosa)
UBP

Derviş Eroğlu, Ahmet Kaşif, Ersan Saner, Sunat Atun, Afet Özcafer, Ahmet Eti

CTP
Ferdi Sabit Soyer, Teberrüken Uluçay, Sonay Adem, Ali Gulle

DP
Ertuğrul Hasipoğlu

TDP:
Mustafa Emiroğluları

ÖRP:
Turgay Avcı


Kyrenia(Girne)
UBP:
Hasan Bozer, İlkay Kamil, Ergün Serdaroğlu, Ünal Üstel, Necdet Numan

CTP:
Abbas Sınay, Ömer Kalyoncu, Salih İzbul

DP:
Mehmet Tancer

[halil]

gossips are going around .... coalition will be .....

who will be the partner ?

[Tim Drayton]

gossips are going around .... coalition will be .....

who will be the partner ?

The UBP has enough seats to form a government without a coalition partner, doesn't it?

[halil]

PRESIDENT MEHMET ALI TALAT CONGRATULATED THE POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH GAINED SEATS IN THE TRNC PARLIAMENT

Statement by President Mehmet Ali Talat on the 19 April Parliamentary Elections

"The elections which took place this weekend, including the campaign period, respected democratic principles. Apart from small mistakes and acts that violated election rules and laws, there was no serious violation. There were no acts of violence. The democratic elections, which are the basic elements of democracy, took place in our country in a democratic manner. We had a successful elections period in this regard.

The result of the elections is of course important. For the first time in many years, a political party has gained the majority that would enable it to form the government on its own. This is of course, an important success. As I said this is a rare election victory in recent times. This country has been governed by coalitions for many years, and now for the first time, we have such a result. The main reason for this is the fact that the votes cast for the small parties fell through since their candidates could not gain a seat in parliament. As a result, two parties stood out. This is a new structure in parliament. It is a structure, where the major parties become even larger and the small parties become even smaller.

I believe each party has to make the necessary assessments at this point. This is important for the sake of our democracy. Our political parties will assess what they did wrong and what they did right and form their future visions accordingly. It should not be forgotten that our political parties are the foundations of our democracy. They are the indispensable elements of our democracy. Therefore, our political parties should put forward healthy policies and shape the economic, social and political course of our country. And for this, there is a major need for a healthy party structure. In this respect, I believe that our political parties will assess all the problems, the negative and positive developments during the elections period and use these assessments to create a better democratic environment and a better political party life in the future. I wish success to all our parties in their future endeavours. I congratulate all the parties that have won, and who feel they have won in this process. Separately I congratulate all parties that have participated in the elections for their contributions to democracy. I wish success to all the parliamentarians who won seats in parliament and will represent the will of our people. I congratulate them too.

On a question about how the election results will affect the Cyprus problem, President Talat said:

“...As I underlined before, it is a widely known reality that the Turkish Cypriot people have a solution vision. As everyone has witnessed, the Cyprus problem was not the focus of the elections campaign. For this reason, it would not be right to say that a certain policy on the Cyprus problem has won. The known policy of the Turkish Cypriots is the policy to solve the Cyprus problem. Therefore, our solution vision needs to continue. Last night, Mr. Dervis Eroglu announced that he will adopt this policy. Therefore, I do not expect any problems.

On a question about the impact of the Cyprus problem on the rise of National Unity Party (UBP), President Talat said:

“...I don’t believe that the Cyprus problem had much impact. The UBP gained advantage in each occasion, in each step where the EU, the international community failed to keep its promise and disappointed the Turkish Cypriots. In this respect, I may say that the UBP gained advantage each time the promises were not kept.... The UBP is also gaining advantage as long as non-solution continues... However, in any case, I believe that the main reason for UBP’s rise was economic and social problems and how these problems were perceived. Don’t forget that not only the problems, but the way these problems are perceived is very important. I believe that we had such an outcome due to these perceptions.

On a question on whether he expects to have problems with Eroglu due to his view on the Cyprus problem, President Talat said:

“We will see. If Mr. Eroglu is to support the negotiations and the solution process as he stated, there is no reason for him to have problems with me. My main duty, my main target is to solve the Cyprus problem. As I said, we have to wait and see. There are many factors surrounding the Cyprus problem. For example, we have the immovable property law. The implementation of the law is not up to only the commission. It is also up to the government. There are state institutions that are involved in its implementation. My expectation is to work in harmony on not only the Cyprus problem but also the issues that surround the Cyprus problem.\"

Presidential Press Office

[DT.]

is that fake PM soyer going to resign now as he promised?

I remember Bananiot was ever so proud of him when he made that statement.

As for the rest of the elections...pseudo elections to a pseudo state. The only thing that matters is who you people want to negotiate on your behalf with the President of Cyprus.

[halil]

Strong reactions to Northern Cyprus election

Mon, Apr 20 2009 18:13 CET byClive Leviev-Sawyer

There have been celebrations among Turkish Cypriot nationalists after they won a decisive election victory in Northern Cyprus that could hamper peace talks with Greek Cypriots, the BBC said.

Turkish media reported on April 20 2009 that the opposition National Unity Party (UBP) had won the parliamentary elections in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, an entity recognised only by Turkey, held on April 19.

The chairman of the UBP, Dervis Eroglu, will become prime minister again after a period of five years. Many analysts predict that, with UBP's decisive victory, unification of the two sides in Cyprus could become tougher to achieve.

The Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognised only by Ankara, are divided by a green line, which crosses the capital city Nicosia as well.

Bulgarian news agency Focus, quoting the Turkish Cypriot Haber Havadis news website, said that when the first results of parliamentary elections in Northern Cyprus were announced, supporters of the UBP gathered to celebrate the election win amid drums and whistles in Ataturk square in Nicosia.

In a victory speech, Eroglu said that the party had been given a heavy responsibility but it had experience in the country’s governance.

[halil]

AFP - Hardline nationalists won in Turkish Cypriot elections on Sunday, taking almost 44 percent of votes, according to results announced in the internationally isolated breakaway state.

The right-wing National Unity Party (UBP) led the way in the parliamentary election while the centre-left Republican Turkish Party (CTP) of Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmed Ali Talat lost power, scoring 29 percent.

The conservative Democratic Party came in third with 10.7 percent. Two left-wing parties secured about six percent each, passing the required five-percent threshold to win parliamentary representation.

Officials said completed results were in from all 620 polling stations in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which is recognised only by Ankara.

Ferdi Sabit Soyer, CTP chief and current premier, conceded defeat on Sunday.

The result was in line with opinion polls, which had anticipated the major gains by the UBP -- which favours close links with Turkey -- and the defeat of Talat's centre-left CTP.

The result meant that the UBP would be able to form a government without seeking coalition support as its victory should translate into control of 26 of the parliament's 50 seats, doubling its presence.

The CTP's share of seats meanwhile falls from 25 to 15.

UBP leader Dervis Eroglu moved quickly to reassure the international community that reunification talks on the divided island would continue.

"Continuing the reunification negotiations is one of the priorities of the UBP," the nationalist ex-premier told reporters as the results came in. The UBP would support Talat's role as negotiator, he said.

There had been fears that a strong nationalist comeback could hinder UN efforts to reunify divided Cyprus -- an EU member since 2004 -- amid growing distrust of Talat's policy of reconciliation with the majority Greek Cypriots.

The Greek Cypriots run the internationally recognised government on the eastern Mediterranean island.

Talat too, had been positive about the future of the talks, as he cast his vote earlier Sunday.

"I don't think that the results of the election will influence the future of negotiations," he said in the coastal town of Kyrenia.

But while Talat will remain the chief negotiator in peace talks with Cyprus President Demetris Christofias, analysts predict that his bargaining power will be reduced.

Voter discontent has been fuelled by the global financial crisis that has hit hard in northern Cyprus, which depends on Turkey for most of its economic needs.

Sunday's election comes almost five years to the day since Turkish Cypriots voted in a 2004 referendum overwhelmingly in favour of a UN plan to reunify Cyprus after three decades of division.

Greek Cypriots rejected the peace blueprint in a separate referendum, however, and a still divided Cyprus joined the European Union a week later, in May 2004.

A year later Talat succeeded hardliner Rauf Denktash as Turkish Cypriot leader.

Talat, who met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, has set a target date of April 2010, when a presidential election is due in northern Cyprus, for a settlement.

Talat and Christofias, both regarded as "progressive" in efforts to end the 35-year division, have been holding UN-sponsored reunification talks since September.

UN envoy Alexander Downer said last week they had made "real progress."

Christofias has warned that the negotiations could founder in the event of a UBP victory. "If we cannot resolve things with this man (Talat)... I don't know if we will ever be able to solve them," he said.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and seized its northern third in response to an Athens-engineered Greek Cypriot coup to unite the island with Greece.

Turkey has at least 30,000 troops on Cyprus and refuses to establish diplomatic relations with the republic until a settlement is reached.

[Kifeas]

Halil, I know you are celebrating your gray wolf's victory right now, but, can you at least tell us, has he received 99% of the settlers' votes or was it a bit less than that?

[Kifeas]

Halil, I heard that now that your gray wolf “won” the “elections,” you are planning to cut all the remaining few trees on the entire Pendadaktilos (Five finger) range -from Vasillia village to the west until Kantara castle to the east, and write in huge red letters “NE MUTLU TÜRKÜM DİYENE,” in order for it to be seen by your “motherland” brothers across the sea as a thankfulness gesture for saving you from the Greek Cypriots. Is that true and, will Bayrak cover the event live?