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Do you believe Cyprus will unify any time soon?

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Postby vaughanwilliams » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:32 pm

Nikitas wrote:Bir said:

"The TCs will never come back with cap in hand and accept to be second class citizens in Cyprus. That is what they are being offered..They would rather disappear from the face of the earth than give the GCs the satisfaction of winning...That is how it is...You can call it what you like...bloody intransigence...deathy wish or whatever...The rights under the 60 agreements are the minumum acceptable demands of the TCs"

You are naturally not informed about the public debate going on in the RoC, nor should you be expected to be. I follow the GC press and am often surprised at the change since the closed minded 60s and 70s.

Christofias, during a pre election grilling session with pressmen from all political persuasions, unequivocally stated that the TCs are an equal community, something that would have lost a candidate plenty of votes in the past. Yet he won the election. Post election he repeated his commitment to the communal equality principle.

Another politician, Angelides, has campaigned for years on a platform of full return to the RoC and an agreed constitutional amendment to turn the unitary state into a federal one. Even the most hardline party, the socialists, are committed to BBF with political equality for the two communities.

So it is not accurate to say that the TCs are being offered a humiliating return to a unitary state with GC control.

On day to day matters the RoC has accepted TC workers, recognised full social insurance and pension rights, grants all kinds of official documents to TCs. The word embargo is more suitable to the treatment of GCs by the north where there is a strict adherence to the treatment of GCs as total aliens, with lesser rights than even illegal immigrants. An illegal can work in the north, a GC cannot and may not even spend a night there.

BBF is partition with a kinder face, the fact that all the GC parties accept it is a sign of a major shift since the 70s. What is the coresponding move from the TC community? What stands out so far is permanent presence of the Turkish army and the continued presence of hundreds of thousands of settlers. It seems that the empathy scale has a way to go to be even.


Without wanting to shoot you down, "and may not even spend a night there." is not true. I have a GC friend who spends weeks at a time in Kyrenia, where he was born.
Your throw away comment detracts crediblity from the rest of your post.
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Postby Nikitas » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:39 pm

The GC red lines are all connected with what the GCs see as their continued survival on the island:

No foreign troops, neither Greek nor Turkish, because the GC community has seen the "work" of both sides.

No virgin birth which would deprive the new formation statehood continuity, it is no accident that Papadoulos stressed that he presided over a nation and would not hand over a community. Amazing how this statement was misconstrued by mainland Greek journalists and commentators who could not fathom what he was saying. Cypriots had no such doubts, it is no accident that this statement clinched the NO vote. Dissolving the RoC automatically turns the GCs into a GREEK community, and it is suprising that the TCs do nor realise the ramifications of this demand. Turkey ofcourse does not recognise the national status of Cyprus or either community.

EU aquis which is good enough for 26 other EU nations and should be good enough for us and guarantees (to some extent) that BBF will not degenerate to apartheid.
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Postby Kikapu » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:43 pm

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Kikapu wrote:I tell you what. Why don't you tell the RoC how you can implement Democracy, Human Rights, International Law and the EU Principles since you don't trust the GCs to do it. Come to think of it, why don't you tell us here on the CF how you would implement the above principles. Lets here you.


With TCs in the equation it can only be BBF with guaranteed political equality of the two states, at federal level neither side can force the other to accept laws or developments, each side has the right to say no.
Everyone should be allowed to reside under which ever administration the wish. One man one vote should be cast country wide to determine the top tier GC and TC MP to represent the states in both houses. The lower house should be based on proportional representation and the upper house balanced 50% 50% with require minimum votes from both states to get bills through the lower and upper houses.


So you have already violated the principles of Democracy and Human Rights from the beginning with your below "wish list" for a solution. The only thing that can be guaranteed, are the basic rights given to everyone in the Federal and state constitutions. There can be no guarantees who can be a senator from each state. They will need to be voted on by the people within the north and south states. These are basic principles of a BBF, but good luck in trying to get the EU to support your such proposal, which they will not, not that the GCs will go for it to begin with either. But I have few questions for you on what you are proposing.

1. How does it become BBF, when you want two Federal states, but people can vote country wide for the Federal seats in the lower and upper house.??

2. Basically you are making a system that is crossed between a BBF and a Unitary state, have you not.?

3. How can a TC vote for a Federal seat for the north state when he is living in the south and how can that senator from the north represent that TC living in the south, when the senators from the north can ONLY represent the people in north state.? Same with a GC living in the north and voting for a senator from the south state. Why have a BBF at all, if anyone can vote for anyone from anywhere.?? That will be more suitable for a Unitary state, don't you think.?

4. When people can vote countrywide as you have suggested for the required "top tier GC and TC MP to represent the states in both houses", does that then mean, that TCs living in the north can also vote for a GC senators for the south state and a GCs living in the south can vote for a TC senators for the north state, and if so, what will happen if the GCs in their large numbers support one or two TC senators from the north to get them elected who may support the GCs political ideology in the upper house, which will tip the balance of power in the upper house in the GCs favour, even if it were to be guaranteed that only TCs can become senators for the north and GC senators for the south, which I very much doubt it will be allowed for that to happen under Democracy and Human Rights of the EU Principles. Of course, the TCs can also try to elect a GC in the south state that may favour their political ideological point of view, but the numbers are not there to give the TCs an edge in this tactic at all, but it does to the GCs.

5. Or will it be the case of ONLY TCs can vote for TC senators countrywide and ONLY GCs can vote for GC senators also countrywide, and if so, how does that make it a Democratic system without violating anyone's Human Rights, because a citizen TC/GC living in one state where they will pay their taxes, but can ONLY vote for a senator from another state who will not be able to represent them, just because they are in a different state than their so called representative they had voted for.?

6. How will the President be elected.? Do the GCs elect one and the TCs elect another and then they just take turns in a "rotating presidency".? Do you not see a lot of conflict developing in what your above proposal will bring, or is that the idea to make the whole system to become unworkable again, just as what the 1960 constitution did and what the 2004 Annan Plan would have done.?

What you are trying to do, is basically taking the 1960 constitution and trying to implemented it in a BBF system, which means that all the same non Democratic and Human Rights violations that were in the 1960 is now in the BBF. Nothing will have changed, except now the TCs and GCs can have their "own " states and with your undemocratic system as you have given above, can easily bring about a constitutional crises by refusing to vote on anything in the Federal government, just because you want to have a guaranteed 50% power as well as a veto power to say "NO" to anything, which is a good way to bring the government down, because it won't be able to function, so in essence, we would be back to 1963 all over again. There is nothing about unification in what you are proposing, but yet another partition plan, ONLY it is not disguised as the AP was. A veto power does not just give you a 50% power. No, it gives you 100% power, which is why your proposal will not be accepted, without even going into all the details in violating all the EU principles. As I've said, good luck in trying to get the EU to agree to such a proposal, or the GCs for that matter.


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Kikapu wrote:You can have any label you want on the cover of the settlement plan, I really couldn't give a toss. If it makes you feel better, you can even have it called the "Annan Plan". I'm not in the habit of judging a book by it's cover, but only it's content. What you can't have are the main articles in the 2004 AP that will not pass the EU Principles today. As I've said, your best option was in 2004 and you blew it big time. you have just as much chance of the 2004 AP coming back as the second coming of Christ. The Christians too await his return for the past 2011 years, and has not returned yet, but give them credit, they pray very hard every day, that he will. You have a lot of catching up to do , so get on your knees already.


You change like the wind the name of the plan is irrelevant but when it doesn't suit you or you are cornered you wiggle like a belly dancer and try to deflect from the subject, the basis of the AP as we know it will be on which any new agreements are built, time you admitted this fact, a few changes will be made to get the GC yes and not turn the TCs into a No and the EU and UN will rubber stamp it like they did before.

Your arrogance has also dropped you right in it with Christians well done you must be real proud.


A few changes.???? If that was the case, why has it taken over two years and counting to make those few changes from the AP of 2004.?? The UN rubber stamps anything just to get the topic off their desk regardless whether it meets Democracy or Human Rights requirements, but the EU will NOT do that, which was the reason to get the AP of 2004 passed before the RoC became part of the EU. Now the ball game has changed and the UN cannot help you to get another AP of 2004 passed. You blew it big time in 2004 and that chance will not come again.

Annan Plan is Dead and Buried since 2004. It is it's content that we are talking about and not the label. You want to use the same label, go ahead, but the content will be different. I don't know why you want to hang onto the name of the AP at all, if the content is different, but be my guess. Perhaps you think if by using the AP name, the GCs will once again reject it automatically and the TCs will accept it, just to win some brownie points in the International community. As I've said, I do not judge a book by it's cover, so use what ever label you want. I'll be watching it's content, and not what the cover reads.

You lost me with your Christianity comment. I have no idea what is it that you were tying to say.
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Postby Viewpoint » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:50 pm

Kikapu it doesnt really matter what my responses are as we will never see eye to eye so it seems like a waste of time for me to waste my time to answer your questions.
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Postby Kikapu » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:11 am

Viewpoint wrote:Kikapu it doesnt really matter what my responses are as we will never see eye to eye so it seems like a waste of time for me to waste my time to answer your questions.


You made your proposal for a settlement, and I want some questions answered, just to make sure if you understood your own proposals. I always answer your questions, so it's only fair that you answer mine.....please!
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Postby Viewpoint » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:34 am

Kikapu wrote:
Viewpoint wrote:Kikapu it doesnt really matter what my responses are as we will never see eye to eye so it seems like a waste of time for me to waste my time to answer your questions.


You made your proposal for a settlement, and I want some questions answered, just to make sure if you understood your own proposals. I always answer your questions, so it's only fair that you answer mine.....please!


Really lets not waste each others time with long long long posts, we can agree to disagree as we will never see eye to eye, I live Cyprus every day where as you dont and never will, miles and miles away in a foreign land.
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Postby Kikapu » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:19 pm

Viewpoint wrote:
Kikapu wrote:
Viewpoint wrote:Kikapu it doesnt really matter what my responses are as we will never see eye to eye so it seems like a waste of time for me to waste my time to answer your questions.


You made your proposal for a settlement, and I want some questions answered, just to make sure if you understood your own proposals. I always answer your questions, so it's only fair that you answer mine.....please!


Really lets not waste each others time with long long long posts, we can agree to disagree as we will never see eye to eye, I live Cyprus every day where as you dont and never will, miles and miles away in a foreign land.


OK, if that's what you want. That being the case, I can only assume that you cannot back your suggestions to meet Democracy and Human Rights and the EU principles in your plan, that you were happy to adopt into the settlements. You said you didn't trust the GCs version of them applying the above principles, so you were going to show us how the TCs would apply the above principles. So far you have not been able to do so. Perhaps you should re-visit my proposals, if you were serious about in wanting Democracy and Human Rights in reaching a Fair & Just settlement with the GCs and give the TCs a strong position at the same time....!
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Postby Viewpoint » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:47 pm

You can think what you want Kikapu as we do not see eye to eye so what ever i say would not make the slightest bit of difference as you have clearly and firmly declared your allegiance to the GC cause of selling out the TCs.
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Postby boulio » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:27 pm

You can think what you want Kikapu as we do not see eye to eye so what ever i say would not make the slightest bit of difference as you have clearly and firmly declared your allegiance to the GC cause of selling out the TCs.


I think kikapu alliance is to a trule democratic and federal republic for cyprus.I think his allegiance is to those priciples that you seem to be cinfusing with supporting the ROC.aS We have seen the last few months the only people selling out the T/C is turkey.I dont see mass demenstrations held in the north about the ROC or the EMbargoes or the political rights of the T/C/.
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Postby Viewpoint » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:35 pm

boulio wrote:
You can think what you want Kikapu as we do not see eye to eye so what ever i say would not make the slightest bit of difference as you have clearly and firmly declared your allegiance to the GC cause of selling out the TCs.


I think kikapu alliance is to a trule democratic and federal republic for cyprus.I think his allegiance is to those priciples that you seem to be cinfusing with supporting the ROC.aS We have seen the last few months the only people selling out the T/C is turkey.I dont see mass demenstrations held in the north about the ROC or the EMbargoes or the political rights of the T/C/.


We had those in the past, Kikapu is selling us out and wants what the GCs want the TCs reduced to minority status in a GC state.
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