I wrote a week ago about the first round of the Cyprus presidential elections.
Today was part two. Not that anyone would necessarily notice - there were no vans driving around with loudspeakers reminding people to vote, no posters, no flags... really, it was all very civilised.
According to the BBC news site, the left-wing candidate, Mr Demetris Christofias has won.
Mr Christofias is head of the Communist party. That doesn't mean that Cyprus will be a Communist country - certainly not Marxist, as much of Eastern Europe used to be. But there will be a Communist influence, as there was when we first arrived. Albeit fairly capitalist in philosophy, and strongly Greek Orthodox Christian in belief. Cyprus politics are very complicated...
The new President is eager to continue negotiations towards reuniting the island. But then, so was the right-wing candidate who was standing against him today.
6 comments:
Don't worry; just because Christofias is President, doesn't mean that Cyprus is a 'communist country'; heaven forbid. Our hopes are that our new President will bring upon a solution for our divided country. I'm surprised you don't know more about politics in Cyprus, since what happened today will affect all of you.
LOL, no I didn't put that very well. I should re-phrase it.
Sue, Congratulations to the People of Cyprus residing in the South. I hope the new President brings the Island prosperity.
I often visit this site but it is the first time I have commented.
My father migrated to Australia in 1951 and my mother in 1955. Do you as an independant person (neither Greek nor Turkish) ever see a solution to Cyprus's Divided Island issue?
Orthodox church has much apology to make in Western World: protocommunist massacres by Palamite Zealotes under Hesychast hyperventilatory halucinations, Cantacuzene taxation driving farmers to embrace Turks, Komyakoviac Obshchina giving birth to soviet communism as reactionary casuistry opposing Napoleon's defeudalization, Cosmus Aitalius being patron originator of of modern genocide as seen by the massacre of Turks in Crete by Venizelos. And their hypnotic brainwashing incantations are designed to make theirf locks into terrorists. Is all masochistic because reject Original Sin.
What?!?!?
Συγχαρητήρια στον Χριστόφια, επιτέλους ένας αριστερός πρόεδρος, να δούμε στην Ελλάδα πότε θα βγάλουμε έναν σαν τον Χριστόφια.
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