The timeframe for AKEL and DIKO is tightening and the fact that the consultations so far do not seem to show any white smoke for cooperation in view of the presidential elections, puts even more pressure.
According to reports, the goodwill shown from the beginning in order to reach an agreement on cooperation between the two parties does not seem to have been enough in the end to make it happen, so the leaders of the two parties have already started thinking about the next day.
What is being done at this stage is more of a communication management of the looming shipwreck, since if the current situation is not reversed, cooperation between AKEL and DIKO does not seem to be on the cards.
Of course, the meeting between Stefanos Stefanou and Nicolas Papadopoulos is pending in the immediate future, but as stated by persons who are closely following the whole process, there are not high expectations that the data will change towards reaching an agreement for a common course in the 2023 presidential election.
Yesterday, the DIKO Secretariat met and the prevailing trend was that time is pressing. A position, of course, which we are informed is shared by AKEL, who also have a long process before them through the collective bodies to arrive at a candidate, while the party's congress is set for May 15.
However, we are informed that a timetable has been set for the completion of consultations between the two parties before Holy Week.
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