Viewpoint wrote:Great posts Pyro, now can we have some comments by the GCs.
...yes vp, please say, "I love Cyprus, first".
...say, "I am proud of my Turkish Cypriot roots, but above all we are Human Beings and i'll fight for Universal Principals, first".
...although, my hope is that you agree that the equality of the Cypriot Constituencies is a strong basis for agreement, please make yourself clear, a strong Central Government is the only solution to secure this aim, (at least) three governing bodies is Bicommunal.
...and maybe now some of you may consider the manifesto which i propose, something worth your consideration.
@ bill, it would be a mistake to assume that the demographics of the island will remain a constant, the island after-all is the cross-road for three continents, and mobility now is a reality. it is possible at the Federal level of Government to use the distinctive identities of the Cypriot population as countervailing powers to assure the bias which has made Cyprus a Greek state ends, and although principally Greek at this moment, this population can enjoy the benefits of an identity as Individuals as well as their identity as Persons...
...to have a Cypriot State (bicommunally) (as well as a state) a Greek Constituency must exist, along with a Republic and a Turkish Constituency (at least). every Citizen in the Republic should have an identical vote, and Parties which may have been founded by either Turks or Greeks, to win the Leadership of this Government should have the obligation of meeting the challenge for a majority of seats, with a Greek Representative and a Turkish Representative for every voter to choose as Candidates, for their Electoral Riding, from separate slates, one of each; it is not complicated, split 50-50 in an Upper House...
...and why not a slate of independents for the Lower House, a third vote each voter makes, truly, Representatives for sober second thinking without any allegiance except to the riding itself, there will be Russians and Sri Lankans, Lebanese, and British, amongst this lot surely, leaders within these communities where their numbers warrant, they too will have a say, true minorities, having no Constituency as such, by consensus, a voice within the Political System.
...thus wherever you reside you vote, as a Cypriot, and by where you reside you are a voter in a National Assembly as well, Bizonally within a Territorial Jurisdiction, where their unique distinctions are sustained (and where as a Constituency the Goodwill to demonstrate a respect for the minorities amongst them).
