
Αll anti-settlement parties issued announcements celebrating Thursday’s 21st anniversary of the Greek Cypriot ‘no’ vote in the Annan Plan referendum. Diko, whose leader, president Tassos Papadopoulos, urged people to reject the plan, said that Cypriot Hellenism, “in a moment of heightened political responsibility, took a historic decision,” and “salvaged the Cyprus Republic.”
The salvaging of the Cyprus Republic was mentioned by all these parties in their statements because it is