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Papadopoulos has been waging a one-man battle against ruling AKEL, which yesterday rushed to the President’s defence via the government spokesman and Andros Kyprianou, leader of the communist party.

“The use of insults, lies and distortion are evidence of weakness, evidence of an inability to substantiate one’s opinion…I need not say more,” Kyprianou said.

“I have said all there is to say about Nicholas Papadopoulos. I do not want to dedicate more time to him,” he added.

Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou meanwhile rubbished the DIKO deputy’s claim that the President had agreed to recognize the executive, the legislature and the judiciary of the breakaway regime, calling this a gross distortion of reality.

Stefanou said former President Tassos Papadopoulos himself had agreed to discuss a rotating presidency in a reunified state, and as evidence cited a Papadopoulos interview with Greek newspaper Kathimerini.

Assuming the role of victim, Papadopoulos yesterday complained of “intellectual terrorism” on the part of the government.

“This has to stop. It seems some people have a weird perception of what constitutes freedom of speech. We too have the right to voice dissenting opinions even if they are unpleasant.”

“Since yesterday I have been showered with names, such as underminer, maximalist, I have been accused of employing bulldozer tactics, of tending to demonize, that I am politically unethical, that I am prejudiced and a traitor, or even that I do not want a solution to the Cyprus problem.

“With all due respect, I wish to say that whoever disagrees with the President’s handling of the situation is not a traitor,” said Papadopoulos.

“Am I all these things because I refuse to accept what Rauf Denktash was demanding in 2002? Is that the message that our negotiating team wants to send? That the dilemma before us is either a Denktash-type solution or partition?”

He acknowledged his father had at one time discussed the possibility of a rotating presidency, but pointed to the same interview where Tassos Papadopoulos lamented the rotating presidency as being an “unfortunate development” in reunification talks.
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Papadopoulos has been waging a one-man battle against ruling AKEL, which yesterday rushed to the President’s defence via the government spokesman and Andros Kyprianou, leader of the communist party.

“The use of insults, lies and distortion are evidence of weakness, evidence of an inability to substantiate one’s opinion…I need not say more,” Kyprianou said.

“I have said all there is to say about Nicholas Papadopoulos. I do not want to dedicate more time to him,” he added.

Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou meanwhile rubbished the DIKO deputy’s claim that the President had agreed to recognize the executive, the legislature and the judiciary of the breakaway regime, calling this a gross distortion of reality.

Stefanou said former President Tassos Papadopoulos himself had agreed to discuss a rotating presidency in a reunified state, and as evidence cited a Papadopoulos interview with Greek newspaper Kathimerini.

Assuming the role of victim, Papadopoulos yesterday complained of “intellectual terrorism” on the part of the government.

“This has to stop. It seems some people have a weird perception of what constitutes freedom of speech. We too have the right to voice dissenting opinions even if they are unpleasant.”

“Since yesterday I have been showered with names, such as underminer, maximalist, I have been accused of employing bulldozer tactics, of tending to demonize, that I am politically unethical, that I am prejudiced and a traitor, or even that I do not want a solution to the Cyprus problem.

“With all due respect, I wish to say that whoever disagrees with the President’s handling of the situation is not a traitor,” said Papadopoulos.

“Am I all these things because I refuse to accept what Rauf Denktash was demanding in 2002? Is that the message that our negotiating team wants to send? That the dilemma before us is either a Denktash-type solution or partition?”

He acknowledged his father had at one time discussed the possibility of a rotating presidency, but pointed to the same interview where Tassos Papadopoulos lamented the rotating presidency as being an “unfortunate development” in reunification talks.
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Nicholas is actually picking up quite a following . What he said to that moron Evagorou on CyBC was what a lot of us have been wanting to say to that arrogant numbskull for a long time.

Evagorou hid behind everything he could without managing to answer one single question that Papadopoulos asked. Its easy to win an argument when your only reply is "thats insulting!!!" everytime someone disagrees with the President.

If Bananiot was talking about pshycological terrorism before the Annan Plan then he should acknowledge the psycological "nuclear" warfare that AKEL and DiSY have unleashed on anyone disagreeing with the Christofias line.

Someone just needs to compare everything CHristofias has given up with every single rejection we've received from the turkish side about land, property, guarantees, virgin birth etc etc.

Not one position has changed from the other side. Is no one allowed to be alarmed at this or will the KGB arrest us all if we speak up?