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[kurupetos]

i am afraid i am protesting at these elections on account that there was no meps last time.

Good idea, that means you will never vote.

[Demonax]

Well, TCs get a chance to vote in a legal election...

Way eased for Turkish Cypriots to vote in EP elections

Parliament on Thursday gave the nod to a law easing the path for Turkish Cypriots residing in the occupied areas to vote in European Parliament elections.

The government bill passed with a plurality, with just 18 votes for, 1 against and 26 abstentions.

As a result Turkish Cypriots will for the first time be able to participate in the European Parliament elections, held in the south. Some 95,000 Turkish Cypriots with a Cyprus Republic ID card would be eligible to cast a ballot as well as stand for election as MEP.

Previously, all Republic citizens eligible to vote had to register with the interior ministry on the electoral roll before being allowed to participate in elections.

Now, Turkish Cypriots will be able to vote for an MEP by crossing the buffer zone and showing their ID cards at a polling station.

The bill had been put to the plenum three times before but voting on it was postponed.

http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/03/13/way-e ... elections/

[repulsewarrior]

how many so far.

At the mo... just BillC and Ocean... but the momentum is building and will soon be unstoppable.

Ocean has gone as far as saying he wants to sit and drink with Levent on the same balconies and cafes... and go to the pictures together.

What about you Lordo... Does Sener Levent get your vote... ???

...if i could, i would vote for him, too.

[Demonax]

Sener Levent announces his candidacy as the first Turkish Cypriot to run for MEP.

[bill cobbett]

Some very wise words from Levent in the above, would have been nice to have heard more, a lot more.

Any more votes for Levent ...??? ... Demon...??? Blobbo...???

[bill cobbett]

Whilst we're waiting for Demon and Sheepo to declare their hands...

Here's what Levent had to say a while ago in the Cyprus Weekly on some aspects of the situation in the Occupied Areas...

"... Brave words by Sener Levent
Cyprus Weekly

Brave words by Sener Levent

It is worth noting that Talat’s claim that it is the Turkish Cypriot themselves who administer the northern part of Cyprus is rejected by Sener Levent, the outspoken editor of the Turkish Cypriot daily newspaper Arfrika who is being persecuted and jailed for insisting that it is not the Turkish Cypriots who rule the north, but Turkey.

Levent repeated this charge this week in his daily column in the Greek Cypriot daily Politis dealing with the illegal sale of Greek Cypriot property in the north.

Levent argued that “basically we (the Turkish Cypriots) should have passed the law adopted by the Greek Cypriots in the south. Instead, we loot the territory we occupy in the north since 1974. We brought over from Turkey more population (settlers) more numerous than our own population. First we loanded them Greek Cypriot properties and later we gave them title deeds, as if then property was their’s. The one who have the most title deeds and collected the most applause was the party of Talat.

Does this people (the Turkish Cypriots) like the sale off of its motherland. Instead of demanding an explanation from those who gave away as a gift this land to the people they brought from abroad, they rewarded those who did this by making them their rulers.

“Our brothers from Turkey, that even the most progressive of our political parties refer to as “New Cypriots,” began to sell off and to get rid of whatever they possessed for hundreds of thousands and millions of pounds sterling. And, what is more, by using property titles that the International Court brands as false while we remain spectators to this looting.”

Referring to the new law approved by the Cyprus parliament to limit the property sale off, Levent said “The Greek Cypriot side is doing what we the Turkish Cypriots should have done a long time ago. They approve the laws that we should have passed.”...”

[Demonax]

A Turkish Cypriot who speaks the truth. Levent is a worthy candidate. He has my vote.

[Maximus]

What, so the pseudo authorities are going to throw him in jail now?

[bill cobbett]

Excellent, with Demon on board, Sener Levent is becoming a scruffily dressed movement.

... and Maxi, a reminder the man has been jailed in the past, as well as having his offices shot at.

What about the Forum Fascists, Toffoui and Zan, are you boys supporting Levent...???

[B25]

Excellent, with Demon on board, Sener Levent is becoming a scruffily dressed movement.

... and Maxi, a reminder the man has been jailed in the past, as well as having his offices shot at.

What about the Forum Fascists, Toffoui and Zan, are you boys supporting Levent...???

You left out VP, Freddo, MrH, Mustie whatshisface, and all the other TCs on this site apart from one or two