Cyprus solution: a comprehensive set of ideas

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/31/cyprus-solution-a-comprehensive-set-of-ideas/

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In my Cyprus, as a voter for the Bicameral Legislature of the Republic, i would vote thricely in effect from three separate ballots: for a Turkish Cypriot Representative, for a Greek Cypriot Representative, and for an Independent representative. Thusly, Parties who want to command a majority in a Chamber where the seats are evenly divided Turkish and Greek, will have candidates on both slates, and accordingly their values and Policy will have to appeal to the electorate as Cypriots Greek and Turkish. A Leader, the President having won a majority in such a House, with winning a majority of seats would not necessarily be Greek despite the overwhelming nature of this demographic; Parties in effect will compete on Principle instead: where every voter and every vote is the same. And, in the House which is for sober second thought, people known more locally, possibly for issues more regional or as problem solvers will be on the third ballot; voting by consensus once elected, represented by their Speaker, each representing a more local population, (their voters per se) and not any Party. (Such representatives will provide a voice to independent thinkers, distinct identities, people widely respected, and those who may be preparing themselves to be better candidates in Cyprus' political life.) Sitting in the Legislature's Committees allows such Representatives to debate in their House more profoundly the issues toward informing the public their view (as a safety valve) from a different perspective overall. They may call for amendments, they may refuse a Bill outright, but after a third presentation, if the Legislature persists such a Bill becomes Law; with the public aware.

In my Cyprus, Nicosia would be home to three Capitals. And as a measure of frugality the Bureaucracy is harmonised, seperate perhaps, but having a unified mission, having the capacity to serve all Cypriots accordingly. In such a Bureaucracy promotion would be based on merit, being trilingual and being bilingual would be greater assets, so too being multilingual speaking Arabic for example, which in Cyprus Maronites (among others) speak.

In my Cyprus, the division of power between the Federal Government and the Constituencies in Cyprus, legislatively speaking is not so hard to understand; where one level sets standards and their criteria (accountability) as the People; Cypriots being Individuals. While the other, the Constituencies, being Persons, demonstrate their Goodwill in their capacity to provide services, choosing how to execute these decisions independently, mindful as a majority that living among them minorities have special needs as well, within what is their territorial Jurisdictions. The Constituencies themselves may associate, and they may even present themselves in unanimity, like when it comes to representing their consideration toward legislation the Federal Government will take or that they want changed, for example; it would be a powerful message in any case..

In my Cyprus, while the "Green Line" will continue to exist little unchanged it will be no "border", and no "Checkpoint" will exist on it, it will not be armed, being only an indication of a frontier among many where enclaves will have been added to the geographic fabric of Cyprus, on both sides of it. Cypriots will enjoy the fact that service, schools, and hospitals, in their own language first, is always near no matter where they live, with enclaves, island-wide. Cypriots will (have to) trust in each other, and respect themselves, having Free Movement, Free Association, and Free Expression in such an environment: as Cypriots. Both National Assemblies, composed (also) of such parts competing for their attention, benefit from such diversity adding to their vitality, the voter closer and more concerned with decisions made locally effectively resulting in better decisions being made from the debate, and better accountability, in their National Assemblies respectively. The displaced let's not forget, will have Justice seen, with enclaves, if as Turkish and Greek Cypriots they return as communities living together in their Urban centers. And if as, Communities, (not just as an Individual's Right of Return but,) as they were removed, they see for some at least the return of their villages too.

...some suggestions i hope you'll find helpful.