Achilleas Demetriades seems to evolve into an unexpected opponent for AKEL, who declares that he will remain in the presidential race, even without the support of the Left Party, which has already turned to the candidacy of Andreas Mavroyiannis. Demetriades' staff is investing in the space of those who disagree with President Anastasiades' policy on the Cyprus problem and appear to express disappointment with AKEL's support for Mavroyiannis, who had the overall command in the management of the Cyprus problem as the negotiator of the Greek Cypriot side. Achilleas Demetriades believes that he has gained some ground on the left, given that in recent months he has been on the party's shortlist in the discussions for the search for a presidential candidate. Given that many contests have been decided by a few hundred votes, the last thing AKEL would want is losses from friendly forces like Demetriades was, at least until yesterday.
Full attack
However, Achilleas Demetriades came out particularly aggressively against AKEL but also against Mavroyiannis himself. He called the former negotiator an accomplice of President Anastasiades as to the mess the Cyprus problem is in today. "Anastasiades-Christodoulides-Mavroyiannis is the triumvirate responsible for the current situation in the Cyprus problem," he said. He called Mavroyiannis' candidacy "contrary to every concept of an honest state". He accused Andreas Mavroyiannis of "receiving two salaries as a reward for what he did as a negotiator" and called on the Auditor General to investigate the matter, arguing that he does not accept double and multiple pensioners. However, according to Cyprus Times information from Hezekia Papaioannou, the issue in question was examined by AKEL and does not seem to exist. On the contrary, according to the same information, Mavroyiannis allegedly renounced his pension while he was paid as a negotiator.
Thanks from Tornaritis
However, DISY is also investing in the votes that Demetriades will deprive Mavroyiannis of, according to the first reading that took place in Pindarou the day after the Left Party Central Committee's decision. Typical is the comment made via twitter by the parliamentary representative of the ruling party, Nikos Tornaritis: "With the selection of negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis as candidate for President of the Republic, AKEL gave a clear vote of confidence to Nicos Anastasiades and DISY, thank you! We continue! Unity Victory!", he wrote.
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