Talat warns Ustel that delaying north’s election will damage own party

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat on Saturday warned Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel against delaying the next legislative election, saying that doing so will serve to harm Ustel’s party, the UBP, more.

He said the CTP, the party he led between 1996 and 2005, when he became Turkish Cypriot leader, and the party which is currently leading in the polls, will “be in a politically more advantageous position as the election date is delayed”.

Delaying the election date...