According to Cyprus Mail daily published in South Cyprus, the election outcome does not bode well for the current reunification talks, political observers said on Monday.
\nDISY and AKEL, or the \u2018pro-solution camp\u2019, received a combined 56.36 per cent of the popular vote. The other parties, which are opposed to a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, grabbed 40.44 per cent.
\nBut according to political commentator Louis Igoumenides, in the event of a referendum on a Cyprus settlement, the pro-solution parties can be expected to suffer considerable leakage, perhaps as much as 10 percentage points \u2013 bringing them down to 46 per cent and evening out the odds.
\nMany DISY and AKEL fanatical supporters are uncomfortable that their respective parties should be in agreement and work together on any issue, not excluding the Cyprus problem.
\n\u201cTo these people, cooperation is like sacrilege, high treason. That might therefore prompt them to vote against a settlement in a referendum,\u201d said Igoumenides.
\nBy contrast, the anti-settlement camp is \u201ciron-clad.\u201d
\nThis would leave it to undecided voters to settle the outcome of the plebiscite.
\nKISA calls on parties to counter ELAM
\nOn the other hand, Anti-racist and multi-culturalist NGO KISA is concerned over far-right party ELAM winning seats in Sunday\u2019s MP elections, and calls on all parties to take concerted action to counter ELAM in the House of Representatives.
\nIn an announcement by the NGO, KISA expressed concern over the number of absentee voters and the rightward drift of the electorate towards political parties that \u201cespouse racism and nationalism\u201d.
\nKISA also said that the government is engaging in a \u201cdangerous game of balancing power, crossing between peaceful coexistence and nationalism.\u201d This, says the NGO, has benefited political formations and politicians who set themselves apart with their nationalist and racist rhetoric, and has ongoing repercussions in the field of education.
\nKISA urges political parties to create a \u201ccommon code\u201d for dealing with ELAM in the House of Representatives. The NGO also calls on the government to create a long term plan for fighting racism and nationalism on all levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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