Today's Financial Times: "Partnership State"
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:58 am
In the Financial Times newspaper today there is an article with the wording "Partnership State" for Cyprus in it - I would appreciate it if you could all read it.
According to my understanding, I believe that we are once again starting this entire negotiations process under the influence of too many external bodies and on the wrong foot, again.
I believe that we, the Greek Cypriots on the island, amount to 82% of the entire Cypriot population, while the Turkish Cypriots amount to 11%, including the other two main ethnic minorities sealing the 100% (7%) gap.
Perhaps I am not making myself clear, but did the Annan Plan not succeed due to the Confederal structure - two state theory within a single state?
I agree with the Bi-Communal part of a solution, but definitely not the Bi-Zonal part. If talk about a "Partnership State" continue within the same context, then I am afraid that we will once again be confronted with an Annan type of plan - What a waste?
Facts are facts, and can not be denied. In my opinion, I do not see any logic in seeking a "Partnership State" when one community amounts to 82% of the population of the island, while the other (Turkish Cypriots) only amount to 11%.
According to my understanding, I believe that we are once again starting this entire negotiations process under the influence of too many external bodies and on the wrong foot, again.
I believe that we, the Greek Cypriots on the island, amount to 82% of the entire Cypriot population, while the Turkish Cypriots amount to 11%, including the other two main ethnic minorities sealing the 100% (7%) gap.
Perhaps I am not making myself clear, but did the Annan Plan not succeed due to the Confederal structure - two state theory within a single state?
I agree with the Bi-Communal part of a solution, but definitely not the Bi-Zonal part. If talk about a "Partnership State" continue within the same context, then I am afraid that we will once again be confronted with an Annan type of plan - What a waste?
Facts are facts, and can not be denied. In my opinion, I do not see any logic in seeking a "Partnership State" when one community amounts to 82% of the population of the island, while the other (Turkish Cypriots) only amount to 11%.