First contacts with organized groups and visits to various places, The independent candidate Nicos Christodoulides is beginning to meet with independent groups and now the focus is on the response at the level of political forces to his call for cooperation, based on the pillars he set in his official announcement of his candidacy.
The attention is certainly focused on the DIKO side, in which, he was accepted on a number of policy issues as developed by Nicos Christodoulides. From the DIKO side it is stated that the axes on which Christodoulides seems willing to move, as recorded in the announcement, are compatible with DIKO's positions.
Despite the reservations of some DIKO executives about Christodoulides' statements that he does not renounce his political origins and that he is putting a positive spin on the government, the dominant position in the party leadership is that in essence the framework outlined by Christodoulides can form the basis for discussions between the two parties. Moreover, in DIKO there is agreement with the findings of Nikos Christodoulides as recorded through the announcement of his candidacy regarding the problems that should be addressed by the next government. Indicative is the answer given by Nicolas Papadopoulos, in an interview with Alpha, when asked whether the DIKO people are bothered by the fact that Christodoulides is proud of the work of a government that his party has criticized, especially on the issue of corruption. "Personally, I do not think that Mr Christodoulides is corrupt or corrupt. Neither do I consider Mavroyiannis to be corrupt and corrupt, even though they both participated in the government of Anastasiades, but for us, issues arise that concern the Anastasiades government in terms of the chapter of complicity and corruption," Nicolas Papadopoulos said.
He called it "entirely legitimate for Mr Christodoulides to be proud of the work he has done as a minister of this government, which is to be expected, but he himself has stated that no government is perfect, he has committed mistakes. Respectful and to discuss the intensity with which we find mistakes or anyone else, what matters to us is not to evaluate the Anastasiades government because Anastasiades is not a candidate," he said.
Discretionary handling
After establishing the existence of a common ground, initiatives should be expected in the coming days in the direction of discussion, between the two sides, in order to have a first discussion, the outcome of which will determine the continuation, i.e. whether a suitable ground for exploring the possibility of cooperation is established. The two sides see this scenario on a completely different basis, far from moves that would send the wrong signals to the electorate. On the one hand, Nikos Christodoulides wants to preserve the image of an independent candidate and, on the other hand, DIKO will seek to have its say. "We believe that Cypriot society now wants to hear something new, not the traditional old-fashioned agreements between parties to participate in a governmental formation. We believe that yes we can support an independent candidacy on the basis of a new model of political support as presented in many other European countries. From there, we do not rule out an independent candidacy either," Nicolas Papadopoulos said.
According to reports, it is not excluded that in the first stage, there will be clarifications on both sides, in the form of an exchange of letters, on a number of political issues, and depending on the positions, meetings may follow. On the part of DIKO, the scenario of an independent candidacy is being maintained (more for tactical reasons), while on the part of Christodoulides it is becoming clear that his candidacy is not conditional on party support.
Caroyan
DPA President Marios Caroyan intervened in the electoral scene in Sigma, who referred to a scenario of seeking the possibility of forming a "government of national acceptance consisting of DISY-DIKO-EDEK-DIPA with a candidate other than Averof Neophytou". He noted that it is not an easy task. "This scouting is being done. In the next few days I will have a sample," he said, adding that if there is no such possibility, then as a party they will expand their circle of contacts. "So far we have not met with Mr Christodoulides. I will see him after the current process is completed," he said. He also referred to the first scenario, which was the initial proposal of the DPA, for a national acceptance government of AKEL-DIKO-EDEK-Ecologues and DPA with a candidate who would not be a party leader or an executive.
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