possible compromise?

[Dhavlos]

Im just writing off the top of my head, so even my opinion may change on whether this is reasonable.

Would Turkish Cypriots be willing to compromise if the idea of bizonality, if it was replaced with the idea of a weak central state with political equality, but very strong local govt/districts?

I know it may seem to be making a point that is unreasonable but what do you think? If it was made so that Turkish Cypriots would not be dominated by Greek Cypriots in everyday life would it be acceptable?


To explain…..
Villages/areas with predominantly Turkish Cypriots population would be grouped together, same with Greek Cypriot villages, of around 20,000-50,000 people, and they would have some considerable autonomy, kind of like the Swiss cantons, but not so independent. These would be very much smaller than the district of the 1960 constitution.

Towns/cities would have equal power sharing, or something else could be figured out if that seems to unfair.

The central government would have legislative power, and one elected representative of each ‘district’ (the leader, elected by the people) would be a member of the Senate, and the lower house would be elected normally, according to population.

Maybe the lower house would not have special voting rights, except for some important things, but the senate would need at least half the Turkish Cypriots and half the Greek Cypriots to accept law for it to go on?

The districts would be drawn after the issue of property was resolved.

How does that sound to everyone? Is it very biased to Greek Cypriots? What do you think?

[Crash Test Dummy]

The general idea of two seperate groups will not work. It is just a legal version of what we have now. Look at the other thread Dhav and we have talked about this issue. I think it was called President