Following the election, the 12 MPs who were members of the
Republican Turkish Party and
Communal Liberation Party started boycotting the
Assembly of the Republic,[2] claiming that
Turkey had putting money into the election campaign to support the government.[3] Following by-elections for the 12 vacant seats in October 1991, they were replaced in the Assembly by UBP members, who then held 46 of the 50 seats.[2]
References
^David Lea (2001) A Political Chronology of the Middle East, Psychology Press, p33
^
abcNicos Trimikliniotis, Umut Bozkurt (2012) Beyond a Divided Cyprus: A State and Society in Transformation, Palgrave Macmillan, p177
Following the election, the 12 MPs who were members of the
Republican Turkish Party and
Communal Liberation Party started boycotting the
Assembly of the Republic,[2] claiming that
Turkey had putting money into the election campaign to support the government.[3] Following by-elections for the 12 vacant seats in October 1991, they were replaced in the Assembly by UBP members, who then held 46 of the 50 seats.[2]
References
^David Lea (2001) A Political Chronology of the Middle East, Psychology Press, p33
^
abcNicos Trimikliniotis, Umut Bozkurt (2012) Beyond a Divided Cyprus: A State and Society in Transformation, Palgrave Macmillan, p177