Gregory wrote:Paphitis wrote:Get Real! wrote:Paphitis wrote:Get Real! wrote:Nikitas wrote:Journalist Makarios Droushiotis, darling of many TC posters, today came out in favor of the cross voting system proposed by President Christofias.
Not surprised, MD is one of the people that Downer and Co have approached and greased to support the Turkish thesis on Cyprus.
Alexander Downer does not even know who Makarios Droushiotis is!
Furthermore, Alexander Downer is a far too superior politician, and is more intelligent, and professional to allow himself to get bogged down by Cypriot witch hunts and paranoia politics....
There's a thread somewhere where we posted evidence of Downer's involvement in a dodgy "think tank" type of company, and of approaches made to selected individuals in Cyprus to support their thesis.
Similar things happened leading up to the 2004 AP referendum that the late TPap was complaining about and Bananiot denies!
PS: If I remember well, Downer had “dinner” recently at MD’s holiday home somewhere up in the mountains!
Also, there is no evidence of any "dodgy think tank" company!
I presume you are talking about his private business interests within a company called
Bespoke Approach, which has a Greek Director and co owner! It is not a "Think Tank"!
The company has signed a deal with a foreign owned mega corporation which had bought a major Turkish company.
But the company does not have any contracts with Turkish or Greek companies.
But as I stated before, to state that this is evidence of some kind of bias is even more naive than suggesting that he is biased towards Greek interests due to his Greek business partner.
I doubt Downer even knows who MD is. In Australia, he refuses to meet with the RoC Consul General. Many community leaders have also requested to meet him, and he has declined all requests because he does not want to compromise the talks or answer any questions.
BTW GR!, I added a bit to one of my posts above. I hope you didn't miss it...
Christofias needs to take up Golf and hang around the Tsada Golf course...
Downer in my opinion is an incompetent fool who has not only involved himself in Cypriot politics but also Cypriot micro politics. The latest bluinder being the profiling his staff have been doing on all the parties and politicians of Cyprus detailing who is to be "trusted" and who not. He has met with everyone in Cyprus and their grandmother and has yet to show something positive for all his time on the island.
He is very cautious of Cypriot politics.
This type of politics and the Cypriot media, is something he is not use to in Australia.
Profiling Cypriot politicians is something to be expected, as they are a colorful bunch which practice some kind of fire brand politics to appease extreme nationalist groups. This is true of both sides.
It is not up to AD to achieve anything. Let's say there is a solution to the Cyprus Problem. This would not be achieved because of AD himself, but Christofias, and Talat (aka Ankara). He would also refuse to take credit for it, and prefer to offer praise and credit to Christofias and Talat.
But knowing exactly who AD is and his temperament, he is definitely no fool. The guy was instrumental in 4 election wins in Australia and was Foreign Affairs minister for 11.5 years. He nearly became PM at one stage. His Government was arguably the best Australia has ever had.
Furthermore, you can notice that AD is very composed, reveals absolutely nothing and even skirts around questions in a way which permits him to not offer any clear answer to any questions. He has done his best to remain outside of Cypriot politics, but that is not possible with your style of politics and media.
He naturally does not trust anyone. He especially does not trust Cypriot politicians and Cypriots in general. To him, the integrity of the talks is paramount!
As I told everyone before, the truth will be revealed when he resigns, but then it will be too late.
In the mean time, Christofias needs to take up Golf, and play a few rounds with AD. He drinks like a trooper, and behind the scenes has a great sense of humour. Mention Golf, and he becomes your best friend...
He spends most of his free time at Tsada when in Cyprus, playing the game he loves. Personally, I can't believe Cypriot politicians haven't picked up on this and used it to their advantage.
