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13 February 2004
Source: Haravgi
Author:
When contradiction bears madness…
"The alleged mutilation of human rights of a tortured people that has been trying for centuries now to hold on to this rock at the southeastern Mediterranean is infuriating and outrageous...When a Cypriot will be able to move freely and have the right to work, invest, live all over Europe, is it acceptable that he be banned from living in the house he was born?"
Small Cyprus, exceeding its capability, is rushing to catch up with the
harmonization with the European Union. It establishes mechanisms,
regulates its legislation and in general, it does the best it can. Our
people anticipates the safety under the umbrella of the European Union
rather than the alleged dream of a just and ideal world. In Europe that
forbids the slaughtering of animals anywhere but in modern facilities,
which meet the harsh requirements of hygiene conditions. In Europe that
cares for the psychology of the animals prior to the slaughter and
supervises the ways they are to be placed in storage.
Still, regarding the Cyprus issue, as it is clearly insinuated by
certain EU officials –exaggerated at times in magnified statements, even
triumphant at times so as to found their words – and certain Cypriots
(members of the former government), it is stressed that exceptions and
divergences from the acquis communautaire will be accepted. In other
words, on issues of lesser importance, such as meat and vegetables,
there is a strict demand regarding the harmonization, but for the
minimum basic human rights there are backdoors? These contradictory
messages, controversies and annulments bear madness. The alleged
mutilation of human rights of a tortured people that has been trying for
centuries now to hold on to this rock at the southeastern Mediterranean
is infuriating and outrageous.
When a Cypriot will be able to move freely and have the right to
work, invest, live all over Europe, is it acceptable that he be banned
from living in the house he was born? Certainly, the Greek Cypriot side
is ready to make sacrifices and knows very well, as we all know, that
any kind of settlement on the basis of the Annan plan will not be ideal.
Nevertheless, certain basic human rights ought to be ensured for all
Cypriots.
This “beacon of democracy”, as they tend to call the EU, cannot but
light certain aspects that are substantial and not trivial details. It
is impossible that regarding this political issue there is a divergence
from principles of vital importance and tolerance of the presence of
occupation troops, while they remain intransigent regarding the
harmonization of the slaughterhouses.
The Greek and Turkish Cypriots should live together as one people
even if some are under Turkish Cypriot administration and the rest under
Greek Cypriot administration. It is not possible that the faits
accomplis of the invasion will be ratified and that we will be having
good neighbouring relations as if we were two states. Equal citizens in a
united country. The Cyprus issue is an international problem, an issue
of invasion and occupation. There is absolutely no connection with what
certain American-like think tanks have been saying that our problem is
psychological and that we should find ways of avoiding conflicts. If the
Cypriot people and the two communities were left to settle their
differences without foreign interventions, they would be living like
brothers. "
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