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AKEL members give the green light to support the candidacy of Andreas Mavroyiannis in the party's leadership, and with a very high percentage, according to Cyprus Times information from Hezekia Papaioannou. Specifically, the ratification rate is 80%, the same percentage with which Demetris Christofias secured the nomination in 2007 and Stavros Malas in 2013.
The turnout of members in the grassroots groups is also considered relatively satisfactory, the same information adds. According to AKEL sources, the turnout could indeed be higher but in any case it is not lower than in other cases.
The Central Committee of AKEL is meeting today to discuss the proposal it will submit to the extraordinary pancyprian conference to be held next Sunday at the State Fair in Nicosia. After the decision of the Conference, which should be considered certain to endorse Mavroyiannis' candidacy, he will make a declaration-announcement of his candidacy and give a first outline of his proposals on the Cyprus problem, the economy and other front-line issues.
Averoff gave a way out
The DISY president and candidate for President of the Republic played on his own turf, managing to disperse, even temporarily, the strike clouds that gathered over the Hellenic Bank and put the two sides on the track of dialogue. At a time when everything seemed to indicate that the conflict was inevitable, with the risk of spreading to the entire banking system. The intervention of Averof Neophytou was catalytic and paid off.
The two sides accepted the proposal of Averof Neophytou and simultaneously took a step back and will start the dialogue. That is, ETYK withdrew the 24-hour strike announced for Tuesday at Hellenic, and the Bank's management withdrew the decision to lay off staff.
Countdown for Christodoulides
People from various political parties are coming in and out of the office of Nikos Christodoulides and showing interest in staffing his staff. The presidential candidate himself makes it clear that he wants to use young people, with knowledge of the subject matter, to enrich his election program with specific ideas that meet the needs of today's times. Staffing the staff is a gamble for Christodoulides, who does not have the organizational structure that parties have. But he sees this as an opportunity to set up an effective team, with suggestions and appetite. These days Nikos Christodoulides is addressing organised groups and asking for meetings to enter into dialogue with them and record their positions on a number of issues of concern to society, in order to put forward specific proposals and suggestions for solutions.
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