And why they were shocked? The polls were showing for months before the referenda that GCs were not going to accept such partition plan and the reasons were given. Was this kept hidden from TCs?
The reason for the negative climate was not the "no". The reason was that instead of explaining the true reasons for this "no", Talad and co. (with the help of Anastasiades and co) tried to use this "no" as a way to promote their partitionist agendas. For this reason they started the propaganda that GCs voted "no" because they don't like TCs, or because they don't want a solution and all the other lies.