Lordo wrote:how is it that there is no mention of the murders of the innocent gcs between 15 july and 20. whats going on. can anybody explain why not a single murderer has been made to face justice.
is this new cove put forward to sit at the table in anyway involved with eoga
Makarios returned back to Cyprus after the disastrous Coup and decided to Pardon Sampson and others because of the Turkish Invasion. It was decided that it was better to do this in order to somewhat heal the divisions within the Left and Right mainstream and the far right Coupists.
It was one of the most clever political decisions ever made and it does again prove that he loved his people and Cyprus dearly and had all the burden of ending these divisions for the greater good of the RoC's future so that it is better able to face the illegal invasion and occupation as a more unified and organized population. If he was a lesser man, he would have placed Sampson on trial, and dozens of other Cypriots, but that would only polarize the divide which Cyprus could ill afford.
He chose to forgive. People criticize him for it and say that it is because of his religiosity, but at the end of the day it was a most clever political decision which paid off.