[Cyprus Times] Crisis day at AKEL with all options open for presidential elections

Another one of the final stages towards the Presidential Elections clears up today for AKEL The Central Committee completes the debate and votes on the recommendation that will go to the "Voices" grassroots groups in favour of independent descent and candidacy of Achilleas Demetriades during yesterday's first day of the meeting, despite the majority recommendation of the Political Bureau for a descent with Mavroyiannis

Today is a day of crisis in AKEL, with the Central Committee concluding the discussion and voting on the recommendation to be forwarded to the grassroots groups on the candidate to run in the 2023 Presidential Elections. However, reports indicate that the scene still remains fluid.

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Although the AKEL Political Bureau, which met Wednesday and Thursday by a majority recommended the candidacy of Andreas Mavrogiannis, during yesterday's first day of the Central Committee meeting, there were voices of support both for a candidacy of Achilleas Dimitriadis and for an independent candidacy, while other members supported a candidacy of the former negotiator. Fewer than 40 members of the committee were placed on Saturday and the rest are expected to be placed today, so "the lies are over" at least until the next phase of the long process in the left-wing party.

As has been reported in previous publications, regarding Andreas Mavroyiannis, the concern expressed by a portion of the members is focused on the fact that he was until recently the negotiator of the Anastasiades government.

Today, the 105 members of the Central Committee, after completing the discussion, vote on the final proposal that will be forwarded to the grassroots groups, thus clarifying another of the final stages towards the presidential elections.

Subsequently, the local groups will be asked to vote for or against the motion and the Central Committee will reconvene before the extraordinary Pancyprian Party Conference set for June 5. At that time the final decision on who will be the left's chosen candidate for the presidential election will be made.

However, on Friday, Presidency candidate Marios Eliades had appealed to the AKEL leadership and senior governing bodies not to launch final decisions and to take another initiative for cooperation and a joint descent into the presidential election of all opposition forces around a candidacy of the widest possible acceptance.

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