by pantelis » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:20 pm
Insan,
Do you believe that Papadopoulos did not say, in writing, what he wanted before the Annan plan was "revised" for the fifth time?
The "UN officials" cared only to satisfy Turkey's "red lines", being sure that Papadopoulos' ideas were not in line with the GC public opinion. They assumed that the Vasiliou/Klerides duo had the right formula of the GCs desires, even though these two were voted out of the government by the majority of the GCs.
The mistake was that the UN/Turkey & CO put forward a "plan" that could not be accepted by the majorities, of both communities. They knew and had warned us all, before the referenda, that if any one of the two communities dared to vote "no", the plan would be "dead", Cyprus would be doomed with “tons of bricks’ all over us. The people chose the “bricks”, as they are in shortage, throughout the island
What this miserable UN SG is trying to do now, should have done it before the referenda. Instead of completing the procedure of the "negotiations" with a “win-win” plan, he and his company, resorted in the bombardment of all kinds of scare tactics and blackmailing threats. When foreign entities attack a confused and disappointed group of people with threats and blackmails, it is normal to see these people unite and resist. When GW and likes of him, said "vote yes or else" the reaction was an overwhelming "NO". Papadopoulos' reaction was an “after the fact” reaction. He expressed the feelings of the majority of his voters, in order to stay in power. Akel/Christofias followed suit, soon after Pap., in order to maintain their supporters. I have made many expensive long distance calls, soon after the plan was finalized, before Pap’s speech, and received a negative reaction from the vast majority of the people I had talked to. I had expressed that reaction to you, at the old Cyprus forum, if you remember.
Now Kofi wants our "objections to his plan" in writing, after “his” people had killed "his” plan, before it was voted on. This is another “delay and pass the blame” tactic of the supporters of the status quo, IMO. We don’t need more talks from the UN. WE need action.
If Annan and the UN are sincere in their cause, they should go back to their papers and come up with a new formula that is more acceptable to GCs (they only need 1/3 of the "NO" votes) and then get Turkey to "sign off" on it with a vote in the Turkish parliament (this vote was one of Turkey's conditions, which served as an insurance of having the "final say", regardless of the results of the referenda). Is this still the case? If your answer is yes, then the GCs are talking with the wrong people.
Let me also give you a "nightmare scenario", in the eyes of the GCs:
Both communities vote "yes". The ROC is dissolved. Turkey and generals do not follow through with the provisions of the plan. Who would represent Cyprus's interests against Turkey, in the international arena, and at what capacity, if the TC representatives in the “united Cyprus” chose to take the Turkish side? The army is still on the island, right? What would be the result of such a "chaos" situation? Everyone "wins", except the Cypriots. The Cyprus chapter is officially over, and everything is left to human rights courts. Is the "problem" over? Would we be better off, or worse, than we are right now?
PS. I am not trying to be a wise-ass. I believe in a united Cyprus where all people can live without fear, oppression and discrimination. I know that we can all live together in peace, under the same roof, with common interests. If we are two miles apart right now, a bad solution will push us 100 miles apart. I don’t want that to happen and I am sure you don’t either. By attacking and blaming individuals of both sides about what is wrong, does not bring us closer to each other. What is wrong, we need to fix it ourselves, before the individual leaders can adopt it.
