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[joe]

Make up your minds
By Jean Christou

THE government says the Turkish Cypriots need to make up their minds whether or not they are going to remove the Ledra Street footbridge.

Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardis said on Friday that he could not confirm what was being said in various reports emanating from the north.

“All I can confirm is the uncertainty as regards the demolition of the bridge. Bayram is over and the bridge still stands,” he said referring to last week’s reports that work would resume last Thursday after the four-day Muslim holiday.

“If the Turkish military disagrees with the demolition of the bridge, I don't think that there is anyone, including Talat, who believes that the bridge can be brought down.''

Yesterday, President Tassos Papadopoulos repeated that the Greek Cypriot side was ready within 24 hours to knock down the barrier at its end of Ledra Street as soon as the bridge was gone, and the other conditions met.

Until then, it would be “unthinkable” to open up the crossing point, he said.

Greek Cypriot demands include military disengagement from the area under the supervision of UNFICYP and the termination of Turkish patrols on Ermou Street, which cuts across Ledra on the Turkish side.

The pedestrian bridge was originally designed to allow Turkish troops to continue patrolling Ermou underneath.

The Greek Cypriot side’s demands also include securing the safety of the dilapidated buildings in the Green Line along the passageway, and the removal of all nationalistic symbols such as flags and other provocative material on both sides.

“It would be unthinkable to proceed with the creation of confidence building measures for citizens to become caught up in patrols by Turkish troops,” said Papadopoulos. “Instead of a good will measure this would be an exacerbation of tensions.”

[Eliko]

joe, regardless of what we people of Cyprus may think, our opinions are worthless when it comes to decisions already made by the politicians, the word 'unthinkable' sums it up nicely for us all, whichever way we may make up our minds, the outcome will be the whim of those who wield the power, behind the scenes they are all great pals and that's a fact.

[paaul12]

joe, regardless of what we people of Cyprus may think, our opinions are worthless when it comes to decisions already made by the politicians, the word 'unthinkable' sums it up nicely for us all, whichever way we may make up our minds, the outcome will be the whim of those who wield the power, behind the scenes they are all great pals and that's a fact. Confused Confused Confused Confused

How very very TRUE

Always has been always will B

We do not have the power any one who thinks they have is a fool

[THE HIGHLANDER]

joe, regardless of what we people of Cyprus may think, our opinions are worthless when it comes to decisions already made by the politicians, the word 'unthinkable' sums it up nicely for us all, whichever way we may make up our minds, the outcome will be the whim of those who wield the power, behind the scenes they are all great pals and that's a fact.

Your right Eliko,
the only consulation we really have is the fact they are buddies behind closed doors when it suits them,and hopefuly that in itself will bring about a peaceful sollution to both sides and maybe one day the total removal of the Green line and the division of Cyprus.

[Eliko]

paaul12, I would not agree with your contention that only fools would hold a different viewpoint to our own since there are many extremely well presented adverse opinions on this forum, what I would like to see happening is a better understanding of all the problems we now face, based on our own understanding and experience, not the well rehearsed presentations of politicians, we all know how they operate, it is common knowledge that they are all expert in the art of deception (The main attribute of a successful politician), yet we still are prone to use their declarations as a basis for our own. What WE should do is what THEY do, discuss matters between ourselves and ignore THEM as they do US, let us not use their opinions when we discuss problems, let us not quote from their hypocritical standpoints, we may not be able to resolve the problems but will have at least expressed our feelings and possibly found some comfort in the fact that we have voiced our own concerns to each other, a possible route to a better understanding among us all.