by Nikitas » Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:10 pm
Lordo said:
"perhaps you can explain to me how we can have equal political power between the communities under bbf if tcs are not majority in the north."
So the agreement says TCs should be a majority in the north. In that TC majority there will be a politically crucial number of settlers. Akkintzi made that clear two weeks ago. Professor Kizilyurek also noted that the number of settler voters is rapidly increasing and soon will ountumber the TC voters. No one has explained why the location of the community affects its political equality.
You did not understand the point I made. So here it is again. The genuine TCs find themelves in a situation where they are a minority both in the north and the south. Outnumbered and outvoted in the north by settlers, outnumbered and voteless in the south. Their choice of residence ceases to be a political issue and is judged solely by economic criteria. Akkintzi can see this possibility and wants to prevent it by a rule that will keep the TCs in the north. And this is the reason I asked who initiates action to enforce the separate majorities. We assume that it will always be the region that "suffers" an influx.So what happens if for instance the GC side has no problem receiving more TCs than the quota? Most likely the TC region will raise the issue and demand that the GC administration put a stop to it. For the simple reason that any kind of entity needs population to exist. It would be ironic but not improbable to have TC politicians campaigning among TCs in Limassol for electoral seats in Kyrenia, since political rights will be locally as well as ethnically arranged.
The common GC take is that this majority thing is a ploy to exclude GCs from the north. My interpretation differs. My opinion is that most Cypriots would rather live in the south because it will be the truly Cypriot part.