Yesterday's visit of Averof Neophytou brought a new confrontation between AKEL and DISY against the backdrop of the presidential elections.
AKEL accused the presidential candidate and President of the Democratic Rally, saying that Varosha is not a decor for Averof Neophytou's election campaign.
In response, DISY said that its President was in Varossi not for the elections but for the country and that he avoided any statement of a campaign nature.
And from there, he said, among the messages he sent was this: "We must go forward in unity because if Famagusta is lost, Cyprus is lost."
"We expected AKEL to respond to this call for unity. Famagusta should unite us all. Unfortunately, however, here too it has chosen the path of wooden language and confrontation. Instead of unity, it has acted as it did in 1978 and 2004. Even now, we call on them to act differently."
AKEL: Varosha is not a decoration for an election
Earlier, AKEL through the party's press spokesman, George Koukoumas, said that "Yesterday's visit of Averof Neophytou to Varosha reminded us of his earlier theatrics at petrol stations. But Varosi is not a decor for Averof Neophytou's election campaign. Varosha does not lend itself to populism because the new plunder that the occupying power is subjected to is salt on the wounds of the refugee world and a new lasting crime."
"If Averof Neophytou wants to say something about Famagusta, let him apologize to the people of Famagusta for his statements in August 2020. At that time he stated that he was "not worried", that he predicted developments until October and even made estimates that the Turkish provocations in Varosha would not continue.
He also adds that "the same was of course said by Nikos Christodoulides, who believed that the threats of the occupying power for Famagusta were communication fireworks."
"When the two alarming candidates cannot assess the situation, how does one expect them to act or act to prevent Ankara's plans?"
"When the two alarming candidates cannot assess the situation, how does one expect them to act or act to prevent Ankara's plans? How could they be trusted with the fate of the Cyprus issue and Cyprus itself when they fail to make proper assessments?"
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