President Nicos Anastasiades’ campaign office said on Monday the elections in the north had their own political significance despite their illegality.
The National Unity Party (UBP) took first place in the elections in the north on Sunday, gaining 35.58 per cent of the vote and 21 seats in the 50-seat ‘parliament’.
“We hope that they will not create conditions within the Turkish Cypriot community that will lead to further hardening of its positions and its intransigence,” Anastasiades’ spokeswoman Annita Demetriou said in a written statement.
“Of course, the official negotiator of the Turkish Cypriot community remains independent of the results, without forgetting that Ankara itself has the main and decisive role,” she added.
The statement said the aim of all should be the solution of the Cyprus problem on the basis created by Nicos Anastasiades, that is, within the framework of the solution and the parameters of the UN.
“We hope that the Turkish Cypriot community will grasp the benefits and approach the process with good intentions and goodwill, something we unfortunately did not see in the recent negotiating process,” the statement said.
Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou told reporters on Monday that results of the election suggested that everyone should support Anastasiades’ candidacy in the January 28 election given his clear position that he is ready to resume dialogue within UN parameters.
As long as the stalemate remains, “it is a fertiliser for Ankara’s aspirations”, he said.
“The status quo, but also the political forces in the Turkish Cypriot community that do not support the reunification of the country but two separate states, are being strengthened,” he added.
“We have no other way but to be committed to the national goal of the reunification and liberalisation of the country, to work for the resumption of dialogue as soon as possible to solve the Cyprus problem,” he said.
Asked if he thought things were becoming more difficult, Neophytou said the more time passed the more possible that would become.
“If one takes into account that five years ago during the then illegal elections, the forces supporting the solution of the Cyprus problem within the parameters of the UN were the overwhelming majority and today, five years later the members of the [Turkish Cypriot] community seeking a solution beyond the UN’s parameters have been strengthened,” he added.
Akel general-secretary Andros Kyprianou also said the results were a reversal.
“Because of this, a strong effort must be made by our side to keep alive the hope of resolving the Cyprus problem and to create the conditions that will allow us to reach an agreement,” he said, adding that this was why it was so important to elect Stavros Malas, the candidate the party is backing in the election.
Diko said in a statement that whatever the results of elections in the north, Turkey’s long-term goals in the north would always remain the same.
27 Comments
Muffin the Mule
January 9, 2018 at 00:46He hardened his in Crans Montana… bye-bye
Stanlio
January 8, 2018 at 20:38Yesterday’s illegal ‘elections’ once again prove that the Turk minority in Cyprus – now bolstered by Turkish colonists from Anatolia – is in the grip of the fascism, racism, hatred, bigotry, terrorism and jihadism that stems from the evil Denktash ideology of ‘partition or death’. Turk minority leftists bear a great responsibility for never having explained to its community that all the depredations it has endured – including, now, being on the point of extinction and assimilation by an Islamo-fascist dictatorship – are a result of their own stupidity and maliciousness in accepting Denktash’s ultranationalism.
HighTide
January 8, 2018 at 20:44Obviously, you write from another planet. TRNC citizens elected a new government in free and fair elections with the same old party in the lead that is set to find new coalition partners. Nothing has changed in the politics of the leaders and the wishes of the electorate to run their own affairs as they have done since the foundation of the TRNC.
Your vile propaganda will not convince anyone who knows the political situation in the TRNC which clearly you don’t. Write about something you know.
No_Name12
January 8, 2018 at 22:12Don’t feed the trolls.
HighTide
January 8, 2018 at 22:15Too many around.
Orhan Ozdes
January 8, 2018 at 20:46What an excellent specimen of Hitlerite fascist rhetoric?!!
ROC
January 8, 2018 at 21:15Well said, how funny its always the Anatolian’s that put down anything that is Cypriot, how ever long they resided in Cyprus through illegality they will be Anatolian’s, the once memories of a true Turkish will die and banished to history.
They have a poll and see how many true TCs are still happy after 44 years, I bet you find only 1% might say yes,
The True Cypriot
January 10, 2018 at 19:06Once racist idiot appeasing another racist idiot.
Very amusing piffle
HighTide
January 8, 2018 at 20:22When Anastasiades gets reelected what ‘hardening’ can we expect from him?
ROC
January 8, 2018 at 21:18Your see we still dont bow down to Turkey. and get used to another 44 years of wilderness
Philippos
January 8, 2018 at 19:08Well Nik, if you had done the deal at Cranz Montana, you would not have had to worry about this now, would you? When will we ever learn that as more time passes, the more the separation hardens, the more changes occur and the more difficult it will be to resolve. Just look at Palestine, it is our mirror.
The Bowler
January 8, 2018 at 16:26An amicable divorce is the only solution for a populace that clearly do not trust each other nor want to live with each other.
The next round of talks will be about the divorce settlement. The UN knows this, resigned itself to it and have made plans for it.
The status quo cannot go on forever.
ROC..
January 8, 2018 at 16:52You need a major correction, you show me a poll wherbys Indengenous Tcs do not trust living with Gcs, or show where they do not want a solution, I think your find its the Anatolians that do not want refuncation and I tell you why, they have no historcal or culltral links with Gcs and Cyprus, this was a ploy 44 years ago by Turkey to cleansed the Indengenous Tcs to keep a grasp on Cyprus.
so please do not insult the True TCs. they have exposed Turkey
“It is not only that Turkish Cypriots have become a minority in their
own country, they are now trying to replace the secular education system
with religious schools,” said Elcil.
turkishcypriot
January 8, 2018 at 18:24Aren’t you tired repeating what Elcil said. Don’t you prefer to stick to you script. Everybody involved in Cyprus problem have accepted the fact that GCs and TCs can not live together. All this re-unification concept is becoming absolute. Get use to it. You had your last change at the last conference and you blew it. End of story.
Zakos
January 8, 2018 at 19:42Thanks! Oi-re what Elcil said? Indengenous! Same record
ROC
January 8, 2018 at 21:11Coming from an idiot that does not even live in Cyprus both you and the other idiot Zakos , have completely avoided what Elcil, and we all know why, because you cannot even challenge him because what he said is the truth,
The problem with you lot is you run out of any kind of credible rants to justify what we all know, ans thats is the North will be stuck in the wilderness for another 44 years and the decline of the Tcs will be in the next coming years, Oh BTW still no Anatolian will enjoy the fruits of the EU that pleases me greatly.
The True Cypriot
January 10, 2018 at 19:09The rumour is that this idiot who calls himself “ROC” is the rejected offspring of an Anatolian goat herder.
The Bowler
January 8, 2018 at 21:24I get embarrassed for you by reading your imbecilic, unintelligible, illiterate garbage. Everybody tells you what a racist, hateful idiot you are, but you got no shame.
cyprus observer
January 8, 2018 at 16:15Can there be a more hardened position than zero troops and zero guarantees from day 1?
Caulkhead
January 8, 2018 at 15:44This statement only proves that the President just wants to maintain the status quo and is hoping that he can now hide behind a hard line government in the north. He said “we hope the Turkish Cypriot community will grasp the benefits and approach the process with good intentions and goodwill”. If he was a in any way a diplomat and wanted a solution he would have left it at that. Instead he has to get another dig in, so as to make sure the TCs don’t call his bluff.
Oh Come ON!
January 8, 2018 at 15:08Another idiot who believes that if you lie about something happening in a certain way for long enough then it becomes true!! Get rid of your ‘zero troops and zero guarantees from day one’ prerequisite to negotiations, which you so conveniently wrote into the script of The Crans Montana Show for the first time in 43 years! Maybe then dialogue leading to a solution will follow!!
ROC..
January 8, 2018 at 15:14And you think it is unacceptable do you? Turkey was prepared to leave 650 troops what was that going to protect???? The Turks always come up with excuses, the underlining factor is simple, The ROC is not going to bow down to uncceptable demands, and just for you infomation this is what a leading Turkish Cypriot person said
““It is not only that Turkish Cypriots have become a minority in their
own country, they are now trying to replace the secular education system
with religious schools,” said Elcil.
Anon
January 8, 2018 at 14:22“Hardening of positions ”
Says the Greek Cypriot side who have shown zero compromise or good will in over 50 years…
What a bunch of Clowns…
Geoffreys
January 8, 2018 at 14:29Both sides have little compromise, due to their pre-conceived objectives and requirements for a settlement. Only answer to the Cyprob now seems to be the “Two-State” solution, rather than a “Federal” one.
Arnt Otto Østlie
January 8, 2018 at 14:29If Anastasiades really wanted reunion, he should have grabbed the opportunity with Akinci.
ROC..
January 8, 2018 at 15:16Akinci was silenced when are you ever going to undstand that no TC politians can dance without the say so of Turkey.
Muffin the Mule
January 9, 2018 at 00:50Ditto without the say so of Greece….