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[RAFAELLA]

The results of this referandum is smelling worse and worse with the passing of time.I think both sides were somewhat manipulated.The Plan was designed to elicit a NO vote from the South and a YES from the NOrth. This was to open the way for Turkey to begin accession talks with EU.Now that that is done it is back to the old status quo.The fact that the TRNC got absolutely no benefits for voting YES goes to support what I am saying. The biggest losers out of the referandum were the TCs followed by the GCs,imo.Does anyone agree?

I do; you are absolutely right.

[TheCabbie]

The results of this referandum is smelling worse and worse with the passing of time.I think both sides were somewhat manipulated.The Plan was designed to elicit a NO vote from the South and a YES from the NOrth. This was to open the way for Turkey to begin accession talks with EU.Now that that is done it is back to the old status quo.The fact that the TRNC got absolutely no benefits for voting YES goes to support what I am saying. The biggest losers out of the referandum were the TCs followed by the GCs,imo.Does anyone agree?

I do, although I'm not sure if the TCs were bigger losers than the GCs... Anybody can see that there has been a big improvement in the TC area.

[bg_turk]

The only way that a "yes" vote could be achived is if this "yes" was supported by all major parties and almost nobody existed to explain to the people the obvious unfairness of the A plan.

AKEL supported the plan in principle, its only concern was with the guarantees for its implementation. In fact the AKEL leadership stated at the time that if the UN resolution for guaranteeing the implementation was passed they would support the plan, but unfortunately Russia vetoed the resolution.

Even if some of the provisions of the plan were changed more in favor of GCs to the detriment of TCs, the plan would still have been rejected by Papa, because Tassos is unprepared to share power with TCs. Tassos is firmly heading for partition, and he hopes to use the EU to achieve partition under more favorable terms.