Our View: No surprise politicians ignore positive economic benefits of a solution

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/02/19/our-view-no-surprise-politicians-ignore-positive-economic-benefits-of-a-solution/

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...interesting.

What power Akinci has, standing under the Flag of Cyprus, if he dares, if this, is his conviction (it's election time). It is, in affect, the biggest threat to "Turkishness", (not just in Cyprus, but, in Turkey), his position, so says the "Turkish" Press. This election is to be a kind of referendum, it is also said in the "Turkish" Press. I ask, how far will Erdogan go to put Akinci, "in his place"? How far will Akinci go, to demonstrate he may be Turkish, but no "Turk"? That Turkish Cypriots are not "Cypriot Turks", they are Cypriot first.

Who will he betray? Because it seems that he must decide (no longer silent) and speak clearly; if it is that he is Cypriot. He cannot be a "Turk" as well as Turkish any longer it seems. (The "Turks" call him unreliable, to say the least.)

Thus, standing under the Flag of Cyprus he may be for Turkish Cypriots, (and not "Turkishness",) yet, he speaks to Cypriots, "being" Cypriot in doing so; then, if he wins he has Cypriots' support, the People, not just that of a single community within it.

...how is that for negotiating from a position of strength? Does he have vision? What Legacy will he leave if he does not stand up for Cypriots, Turkish, and Greek? How can Anastasiades, as a Cypriot, a Greek, and as the Republic's President refuse this bold enterprise, for Cyprus, as well, "changing mentality" for better intentions?

This is a (read: the) good beginning step. Cypriots are Cypriots. That Cyprus is Free. It is a State representing its Citizens, on Universal Principals, based on Equality, and having without further distinction or discrimination Individual Rights.

Who can deny that this is the issue, for Cypriots?

If there are Cypriot Constituencies, at another level of Government, so that as Persons, Cypriots have Liberty in representing themselves in National Assemblies as such, one hopes that as majorities holding their own Agendas within their respective territorial jurisdictions, that they may demonstrate the capacity to respect and recognise the minorities that live among them, by providing for them, accordingly, as well their special needs. Is it possible that any one of these Constituencies is incapable of this Goodwill?

...in my mind, it starts with Akinci, with a bang, after all this whimpering, with this election, to focus minds, something simple, like standing under the Flag, his Flag, no more denying it, the Flag of Cyprus.

...but i speak too much, Akinci a voice, at least to Cypriots, as strong as Erdogan's; who can imagine that?.