In times of tension and elections, in Athens and Nicosia they discuss concessions, while in Turkey they put forward other claims
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) welcomed the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades (L), during their meeting at Megaro Maximos, Athens. APE-ME, PRESS OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER, DIMITRIS PAPAMITSOS
By PANIKOU PANAGIOTOU, New York
In every crisis and every war there are always losers and the winners. Many times, however, defeat occurs due to division, betrayal, a corroded internal front and corrupt authorities.
The Decades are such cases in the history of humanity and they were fatal for Hellenism. This is how Constantinople was defeated and this is how Asia Minor and half of Cyprus were lost.
It is often said that “every nation is worthy of its fate”. Although it does not apply to all events, because there are also permanent hostile pursuits and external factors, nevertheless this particular position is an essential element in the issues of unity and defense of the sovereign rights of a country.
Let’s see what was and what has been the situation in Greece and Cyprus since the year that marked and determined the outcome of the course of the Greek nation. That is, since 1974, when through the great betrayal of the junta and the Cyprus tragedy, democracy remained in Greece.
Almost half a century later, it is found that there is no organized national plan to counter the Turkish aggression and to liberate the enslaved part of Cyprus.
- The policies and strategies in Athens and Nicosia are shaped and drawn, from time to time, depending on the personal or party perceptions and priorities of the respective rulers, but also by reactions and behaviors of the respective opposition parties.
The three-day debate in the Greek Parliament on the motion of no confidence in the Government and the pre-election period in Cyprus, in view of the presidential elections in February, highlighted again the tragic lack of unifying mood and perspective in terms of the way and methodology that the majority of the political world does not puts the differences and interests that operate at the expense of the necessity for consensus for the benefit of the public and national interest.
And the national interest does not go hand in hand with either nationalist pursuits or conservative choices. But when the desirable environment of consensus and determination in the face of Turkish expansionism and the international negative scene is absent, the “two extremes” find fertile ground to exploit and capitalize on the absence of a stable national and cultural policy.
In times of internal tensions and pre-election confrontation in Greece and Cyprus, steps are taken not to set goals and strengthen decisions and actions with the further aim of defending national positions, but to highlight the sad reality of the absence of integrated national planning, beyond the different (inevitable) ideological approaches.
On the contrary, in identical situations in Turkey, the confrontations and recriminations do not focus on yesterday’s or tomorrow’s retreats towards the “enemy”, but on further attacks and thefts.
Turkish policy is illegal and expansive, but it happened with the permanent features, anticipating given or unexpected weaknesses and which will appear over time, just as it happened in July 1974.
Hellenism should not follow the example of Turkey with its authoritarian and imperialist actions, violating every principle of international law. However, it is called not to leave Turkey in the lurch as long as the occupation of Cyprus and its challenges in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean continue.
So in times of internal tensions and elections, in Athens and Nicosia they discuss concessions and painful compromises, while in Turkey they put forward other claims.
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