Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:59 amThere can be no solution if there is no political equality of the two communities. We need to understand this and also that the alternative to the solution is partition which some have termed europartition, but names, of course, do not matter. Partition, I am afraid, is being accepted by more people in the GC community now, as an alternative to the solution. In my mind Papadopoulos is taking us to partition in a very fast way. He even spelled it out in Finland, a month ago, when he said that partition is the next best solution.
The biggest obstacle to the solution has always been the inability of the GC leadership to accept, at first minor asks by the TC community and of course, giving in to the call for political equality of the communities, for some, is too much to bear. I remind you that betwen 1960 and 1963 we even allowed article 173 of the constitution to remain dormant. This is the sticky issue and collateral issues which are portrayed as important (properties, setlers) probably do not matter so much.
The biggest obstacle to the solution has always been the inability of the GC leadership to accept, at first minor asks by the TC community and of course, giving in to the call for political equality of the communities, for some, is too much to bear. I remind you that betwen 1960 and 1963 we even allowed article 173 of the constitution to remain dormant. This is the sticky issue and collateral issues which are portrayed as important (properties, setlers) probably do not matter so much.
