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Most Cypriots oppose plan
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EDITORIAL |
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Pragmatism
On April 24, Greek Cypriots will vote on their future and the future of their island country. The circumstances are far from ideal: The timetable is tight, there is hardly any room for negotiations, pressure from the key international powers is intense, and people feel quite bitter.
The Cypriots have made it to this point over a 50-year course filled with struggle and sacrifice. |
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COMMENTARY |
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Different readings
The Cyprus solution proposed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan invites two very different readings and this explains, in part at least, the disagreement over whether the plan ought to be adopted or rejected.
According to one reading, which those opposed to the plan refer to as «static,» the entire spirit of the proposal, and its provisions, are unacceptable. The proposed governmental structure has no precedent in the world and the land settlement is inapplicable on a practical level, as it serves Turkish objectives of controlling the northern part of the island and influencing the freedoms of the Greek-Cypriot part. In short, the plan must be rejected. |
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