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...it is important to consider who represents an equal to the authority a Turkish Constituency may have.
In effect our dysfunction as Cypriots, and as Persons is related to the lack of a Greek Constituency where the needs of such a body can be expressed, and acted upon. The President wears two hats; that of the Republic and the "Greek Constituency". Clearly he should not, what with the credibility of the State in question, and the function he has sworn to protect. Just because he is Greek should have little bearing on his responsibility to this end.
Greek Cypriots like Turkish Cypriots have needs, as such the same needs which they can fulfill through self-representation. Why not, Cypriot Constituencies? A State of course must also exist defending our Identity as Individuals, without further distinction or discrimination as equals, if it is a Democracy, if it is a BBF, if we value Universal Principals beyond the dogmas of "Greekness" and "Turkishness".
It would have been nice to see Akinci and Anastasiades standing together quite a few times while they were the focus of our attention; standing under the one Flag rightfully theirs as Cypriots, who would have been offended?
Greeks and Turks as Cypriots would have agreed that "Greeks" and "Turks" are the same, and a bane to their lives as a loving People. (They, about half the voting public, may yet express themselves as Cypriots if their Leadership continues to ignore them and their Identity as being too small, or non-existent.)
...indeed, so long as the President represents both a Community and a State, he will remain conflicted, with his loyalties in question. Mr. Tatar, like Mr. Akinci did/do not express a 'Cypriot Way'.`
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