Akıncı: “Greek Cypriot leader did not respect our sensitivities, and slammed the door hard”
17 February, 2017Straw: “We made a big mistake by allowing Cyprus to become a member of the EU, which put more cards into Greek Cypriots hands”
20 February, 2017Andros Kyprianu, Secretary General of the second largest party in South Cyprus, AKEL, has said, “The issue of the Enosis plebiscite is already being taught in our schools. The resolution taken at the Greek Cypriot Parliament on marking the Enosis plebiscite is in honour of Cyprus’ Enosis policy which aims the annexation Cyprus to Greece”
In an interview with the weekly Kathimerini newspaper, Andros Kyprianu said that the two sides were trying to solve the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation in 2017, asking whether this solution was fundamentally schizophrenic.
Asked whether there is any other political party that wants Enosis besides ELAM, Kyprianu replied, “Yes. There are politicians as well as political parties. Their views have been declared.”
Kyprianu added: “Some of them acted superficially because they did not realize the significance of their actions. Others, such as DİSİ, acted on purpose for the sake of taking into account party balances before the elections. For me, their abstaining was totally intentional.”