by repulsewarrior » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:20 pm
...indeed bill, this is the next step, a devolution of the power (and the debt that goes with it); more efficient because it leaves electors closer to their taxdollars.
...at this stage in our negotiations as Cypriots, even if it has taken fifty years, there remains only the attempts at defining these words, Bicommunal, and now, Bizonal. my attempts at their definition, started in '74 reading the paper, spots on the map, with a proposal for repopulation, it was not until the advent of Forums like this one where by observation the rest was formed (and expressed) to suit not just "Greeks", and "Turks", but people who find their Happiness in expressing themselves as Citizens of the World, Individuals, as well as Persons.
...the Constitution (of the Republic of Cyprus) has within it a Communal Chamber, in my mind the crux of the Problem, ignored by Greeks it remained impotent. it is successfully ignored today as well because Greekness is so tightly bound around the Republic quite naturally i suppose, since they represent an overwhelming majority; and because it suits the Interlocutors to have framed the Problem "Greek"vs."Turk" with the Green Line now a military "border", (instead of Cyprus vs. the identity of Persons). Turkish Cypriots were and are an integral part of this island's identity, so too Maronites, etc., and as such, because Cyprus is an island, because its population at present is very small, because it once was the most socialised Country in the world, great changes in our thinking can successfully be demonstrated. Cypriots, toward Humanity, lead. but it requires a Greek Constituency, that is able to sustain itself independently as an equal to others along with the realisation that Sovereign we are as One People not Greek and Turk, where within there is not just Freedom, but Liberty with Cypriot Constituencies (at another level of government) as well.