Only Averof Neophytou has what it takes to handle any future talks on Cyprus, his election campaign team asserted Monday, while lambasting main rival Nikos Christodoulides for mixed messaging.
In a statement, presidential candidate Neophytous spokesperson Georgia Constantinou-Panayiotou said only the Disy leader has clear-cut views on the Cyprus issue.
Daily, the Cypriot people witness an unprecedented political insincerity and deliberate confusion, the statement read.
Mr Christodoulides resigned as foreign minister of the Anastasiades-Disy government, only to head a discordant consortium of parties who until recently, and repeatedly, called his [I.E. CHRISTODOULIDES] policies, and President Anastasiades policies, a failure.
And in another dig at Christodoulides, the Neophytou camp added: Long-standing party positions have been set aside, political ethics have evaporated, the sole objective being to secure and wield power. With wheeling-and-dealing which remains secret
The statement went on to wonder how politicians like Edeks Marinos Sizopoulos, Dikos Nicolas Papadopoulos, and Solidaritys Eleni Theocharous can support someone meaning Christodoulides who claims to agree with the bizonal, bicommunal federation model for a settlement.
What line will they pursue? For or against the bizonal, bicommunal federation? For or against the Guterres framework?
The Guterres Framework is a group of proposals orally presented by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Crans-Montana summit on Cyprus in June-July 2017.
On the opposite end stands Averof Neophytou and the Democratic Rally (Disy), with steadfast positions over time and with political clarity. And with a proposal for escaping the impasse.
Polls consistently show Christodoulides in the lead for this years presidential elections, scheduled for early February.
Talks for a settlement on Cyprus have been on hold since the 2017 conference in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
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