In the next few days, the AKEL-AKEL consultations will enter their most crucial point[/QUOTE]
In the next few days, the consultations will enter their most crucial point.DIKO to explore the possibility of cooperation in the presidential elections. Sources from both parties claim that despite the difficulties, the effort continues and that very soon there will be developments, either on the side of the shipwreck or towards reaching an agreement in principle on the name of the candidate for the nomination.
According to the Cyprus[/B][/B] Times[/B], much will be decided at the next meeting of the AKEL Political Bureau, which is scheduled for next week. The meeting will study all the emerging data and decide the next steps in the ongoing dialogue with DIKO. In particular, the party leadership will take a position on Nicolas Papadopoulos' proposal for the candidacy of Christiana Erotokritou. The Cyprus[/B] Times reports that the 20-member Political Bureau is expected to refer the matter to the Central Committee, so that the decision can be taken by the party's top leadership body, which consists of 100 or more executives. It remains unknown whether the referral of the matter to the CC will be accompanied by a recommendation from the Politburo on the next steps to be taken.
In addition, however, if the decision is negative, then AKEL is not excluded from considering other names, beyond what has been heard, so that Stefanos Stefanou goes to the meeting with Nicolas Papadopoulos with alternatives, wanting precisely to exhaust the possibilities for achieving cooperation.
The leaders of AKEL and DIKO feel pressure from their members to achieve change in 2023 and understand the difficulties that the next day will bring if they fail to implement the decisions of their collective bodies to work together. In addition, however, the pressure comes from the data shaped by the electoral strength of the parties, as recorded in the last parliamentary elections, since neither party can claim power on its own. Going it alone is the last option for both parties, which will in any case seek cooperation with one or more opposition parties.
Among the leading cadres of DIKO, apart from the dominant position for the candidacy of Nicolas Papadopoulos and the alternative for Christiana Erotokritou, there is a tendency to support Nicos Christodoulides, while in AKEL the plan B includes Achilleas Demetriades, Erato Markoullis and Tasos Christofides. However, there are also executives who prefer a party candidacy, with the party's Secretary General Stefanos Stefanou himself indicating that what is needed is the creation of conditions for electoral success through broader partnerships.
Countdown for Christodoulides
April is the timeframe for developments on the part of Nikos Christodoulides, who will be considered certain to run in the 2023 elections as an independent candidate, with or without the support of a party. Announcements from Christodoulides' side are expected to be made shortly before or after Easter. The former Foreign Minister is continuing contacts with personalities from the whole spectrum of economic, political and social activity across Cyprus, while the focus will soon be on the organisational part.
DISY, as if ready for a long time
In the Democratic Rally they are waiting for decisions from the opposition and announcements from the side of Nicos Christodoulides, in order to unfold their election plan. Averof Neophytou[/B] will follow an intensive program of contacts with organized groups all over Cyprus and will start drafting his election program, which, as he announced before the members of the Supreme Council, will be based on a five-pillar Political Agreement for major changes, with a social and reform orientation, as follows: All State to mobile citizenship; affordable housing for all young couples; opportunities for young people to start their own business; radical reform in education, with all-day schooling and support for the family and the working mother with all-day nurseries and kindergartens.
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