turkish forums note: Makarios is a gradute of Heybeliada Ruhban Okulu, Same as many greek-pontos terrorist groups lieders as in the ISTIKLAL Savasi (War Of Independence) . These terrorist groups fight against Mustafa kemal’s ARMY and killed innocent civilians to increase their local population index in that region.. same as the works of terrorist armenian groups.
It has been revealed that the President of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ), Greek Vassilios Skouris, was awarded the Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III on 2 November 2006 for ‘His sincere and strong feelings for the people of Cyprus (Greek Cypriots)’.
It is the same Greek ECJ President Vassilios Skouris who signed the verdict of the ECJ dated 28 April 2009 regarding the Orams Case – the case that is so closely related to the Property Issue in Cyprus and that has a potential to cause a negative influence on the economic and political life in North Cyprus. The Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III is an honor given by South Cyprus and is the lowest of the six levels in the Order. Further information shared by Ajans Kibris is that Skouris visited Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and other high executives in the South during his visit in February 2009 just 3 months before the Orams verdict was announced.
Honor just after Orams case
Skouris was awarded the Order by then Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos at the Greek Cypriot Presidential Palace a year after the Orams were taken to court in the South in 2005. The case was sent to the ECJ at the end of 2007 by the English High Court supported by the Greek Cypriot side with the approval of the Turkish side.
Papadopoulos thanked
During the ceremony held to award the honor to Skouris, the then Greek Cypriot President Papadopoulos was noted to have “Thanked Skouris for his support to Cyprus” Skouris thanked Papadopoulos for the honor and said that receiving the Order was an honor both for him personally and the Court of Justice of the European Communities. Vassilios Skouris has been the President of the ECJ since 7 October 2003 and he was re-elected for another term through 9 October 2006-6 October 2009.
Verdict not judicial but political
One of the Turkish Cypriot Senior Executive Officers commented on the issue and said that the honor conferred on Vassilios Skouris proved that ECJ’s verdict was not judicial but was political. The Executive Officer emphasized that Turkish Cypriot should raise their voices against this verdict and he said: “If the public take to the streets, the verdict won’t be effective.” ‘Orams verdict Reaction Platform’ was founded in the TRNC as a reaction against the Orams verdict and members of the platform protested the verdict in front of Northern Cyprus representative offices of Britain and the EU.