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[humanist]

Speak three languages. Turkish, Greek and English. How wonderful would that be.

[StuartN]

The bridge is down and will be used as a school crossing elsewhere in Lefkosa. Now its Papas turn. - Personally I think that absolutely nothing will happen - there will still be GC schoolkids gawping at the 'horrid turks' from the Ledra St viewpoint this time next year.

He could always surprise us.

[humanist]

I have faith? It's all cool. Cyprus will be United. Besides it better i want to learn Turkish. and because its all about me it's gotta happen man

[Viewpoint]

The bridge is down and will be used as a school crossing elsewhere in Lefkosa. Now its Papas turn. - Personally I think that absolutely nothing will happen - there will still be GC schoolkids gawping at the 'horrid turks' from the Ledra St viewpoint this time next year.

He could always surprise us.

The barrage of excuses coming from the south have already started,

This act is not to be applauded,from a GC offical, that sums it up for me. We cannot even open a crossing together let alone run a country we are just kidding ourselves. Both sides are a joke.

[humanist]

Viewpoint ... pls don't despair my friend .... no one said that there are no stupid politicians. I agree with you a coment such as this needs to be ignored, because what else can you do with it.

[Viewpoint]

Viewpoint ... pls don't despair my friend .... no one said that there are no stupid politicians. I agree with you a coment such as this needs to be ignored, because what else can you do with it.

I do not despair anymore, I'm past that, I just laugh at how comical both sides look and get on with my life not expecting either side to do anything positive for the people. Yo to will arrive one day and feel the same its only a matter of time and the cold reality that we are a very very small fish in a a very large pond.

[EUropean666]

i think that if pap cant do it for his own personal reasons, the people of nicosia can do it and bring down the wall.

[Viewpoint]

i think that if pap cant do it for his own personal reasons, the people of nicosia can do it and bring down the wall.

You took the thought right out of my mind why dont the GC people make a stand and knock down the wall themselves otherwise the GC side will just bury the whole issue under a barrage of excuses read the following;

PARTIES from across the political spectrum yesterday launched an attack on opposition leader Nicos Anastassiades for his comments on the removal of the bridge just over the Ledra Street barrier.

The government and every single political party bar the United Democrats criticised the DISY leader for saying the removal of the bridge was positive.

Anastassiades came under even more fire for his comment that Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat had stood up against the Turkish military for the removal of the bridge, his suggestion that the Greek Cypriot side make a similar gesture, and his call for a meeting of the two leaders.

The United Democrats agreed yesterday, saying the removal of the bridge was an essential step in the re-opening of Ledra Street.

The party called on the government and politicians and citizens to strengthen the dynamic for a common vision of reunification.

“Now it is the time to agree and collaborate to open the road and send a powerful message,” the party said.

However the United Democrats were in a minority yesterday when it came to backing DISY.
European Party leader Demetris Syllouris went as far as to say that the attitude of the DISY leadership in portraying Talat as an “autonomous entity opposing the occupation” was nothing more than supporting the strategies of Ankara to “upgrade the pseudostate”. “I regret having to make this observation but neither can I stay silent,” said Syllouris.

Socialist EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou said Anastassiades’ statements were unacceptable and “extremely detrimental”.

“Each crack in the occupation wall is a positive development but it’s a big mistake to praise this development as positive when it was already an illegal construction on the Green Line,” Omirou said.

Green Party leader George Perdikis, who has for days being urging the government to use the opportunity to open a dialogue for military disengagement, said he was saddened by the DISY leader’s comments.

Similar statements came from the Movement of Free Citizens, which said the removal of the bridge only mean the situation had returned to what it had been a year ago before it was built.
An announcement said if the regime in the north was able to impose its will on the generals in Ankara, it should be able to arrange a withdrawal of Turkish troops.

DIKO, the party once headed by President Tassos Papadopoulos said Anastassaides` comments only served to diminish any positive and correct actions taken by the government while falling for the PR games of Ankara.

“Everyone knows that the army is the one that dictates the terms and that it is the army, via the troops that it has in Cyprus, which determines the politicians ' game and the terms of game,” said DIKO leader Marios Karoyian.

Coalition partner AKEL also said the removal of the bridge was no more than a return to square one.

Party leader Demetris Christofias also expressed his “sorrow” over the DISY leader’s comments but refrained from an all-out attack. He did, however, make it clear that he did not agree that Talat had “stood up to” the Turkish military.
“He is our interlocutor and we would want and indeed wish they were not dependent and could freely discuss with us,” Christofias said. “However the occupation exists and unfortunately the occupation forces play the role that they play on the occupation line.”
Government criticism was not far behind that of the parties.

Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardis said he didn't want to comment, saying it was up to everyone to decide to what extent Talat, or any other Turkish Cypriot was in a position to resist the will of the Turkish army and “impose his own positions and opinions”.

“If Mr Talat has such strength that he can be impose his will on the Turkish military, then he might decide all on his own to return Varosha,” said Pashiardis. “His strength cannot be surely limited only to the demolition of the bridge”.

DISY stood by Anastassiades comments yesterday, saying now was the time for dialogue and cooperation between the two sides.

The above is your leadership, well done.

[joanna]

We're not blimin Germany! The wall doesnt need to come down, everything is fine as it is. THE ONLY good thing that would come from the reunification would be that the blimin so called refugees would stop draing the GC economy!

[zan]

VP

There is an article in the Hurriyet that the RoC is passing a law that will allow them to buy all the TC owned land in the south. Sorry but it is in Turkish.

http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/popup.php ... c_Haberler