Of course the above words, if they were indeed spelled out by Makarios in 1962 as they appear, are indeed very tough and strong words. However, even though one may cite a few more such examples that may indicate bad intentions towards the TC community, one may also find even more examples and cases which reveal quite the opposite. If one takes the above words in isolation, then Makarios indeed had bad intentions. One should see them though within the context for the broader climate and circumstances of the times, during which the frustration and anger of the GC leadership and Makarios personally was at the highest level due to the inherent malfunctioning of the constitution and the fact that the TC leadership was appearing fully ready and determined to use every privilege given to it in order to impose its uncompromising attitude. The above words of Makarios were very wrong, but should not be taken at face value and should not be interpreted to have been indicative of his ill-intentions, but rather an outburst of his own frustration and despair during the said period, words which I am sure he did not mean and for which he must have regretted for having said.
Do you know how you sound, iit like saying 1974 should not be taken out of context it was the culmination of 11 years of frustration and persecurion at the hands of the GCs. Please save me the excuses, typical.
Two years ago, I was told a story by a TC police sergeant serving in Pafos police station during the pre-1963/64 period that now lives in Morfou, in which he described to me an incident that he personally had experienced one day during 1961 /62 when Makarios visited the Pafos police station. A small group of TC villagers from Akoursos, a remote village in Pafos mountains, decided to visit the police station (probably they knew of his visit in Pafos) and asked to see him. He was seating in the chief’s of police office and they were escorted by this TC police sergeant into the office. When they got in, they started complaining loudly that the authorities ignore and neglect them and that they have no electricity, no running water, no telephone and no proper road to their village and they can’t even send their children to school in the morning, and no one seems to listen to their pleads and their lives are so miserable, etc, etc. Makarios said to them ok, you may go back and tomorrow you will have all of them. He then asked the chief of the police to call the chiefs of all the above departments and companies to come immediately to the police station to see him. They all came within 20 minutes and got into the office with him. He started shouting and shouting and shouting while banking his shoes on the wooden floor and his stick on the table for more than 10-15 minutes, without letting them utter a word to him until they were released and left. The next day in the morning the entire work force of all the above departments started work and within 1 to 4 days they transferred electricity, water, and telephone and even widened and paved the road all the way to the village –some 10 kilometers, and then they even went and apologized to the villagers according to the person that told me the story.
What a nice little story and how convenient, do you know the one about the big bad wolf.....?
