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The support of the candidacy of Nicos Christodoulides for the upcoming Presidential Elections, decided the DIKO.
The internal Committee of DIKO, which met today, unanimously supported (132 votes) the candidacy of Nikos Christodoulides. There was only one abstention
Earlier in his speech before the Central Committee, the DIKO President expressed his optimism that DIKO's support for Nikos Christodoulides will give a new momentum to his candidacy.
The DIKO President also said that Nicos Christodoulides is honest and clean and that in him the civil society finds hope.
He explained that "the choice of our executives is the same as the choice of the society. We support the independent candidacy of Nikos Christodoulides. We had the opportunity, as the Secretariat, to meet, listen and evaluate the concerns and proposals of Nikos Christodoulides as recorded in the General Framework of Principles that he has communicated to us."
"We also had the opportunity to ask questions as the Secretariat and to listen to the answers and clarifications on his positions. His answers were clear, thorough and informative," he added.
"We have found that we have significant convergences in terms of identifying the problems that currently plague the people and society," the DIKO President said, noting that Nicos Christodoulides has accepted important positions and policy proposals of the Democratic Party.
Referring to the individual disagreements with Nicos Christodoulides in the past, Papadopoulos said that "we are ready to put aside past disagreements and focus on the future."
"As we had individual disagreements with Nicos Christodoulides in the past, in no time we had agreements and convergences with him on very important issues."
"As we had individual disagreements with Nicos Christodoulides in the past, we had agreements and convergences with him on very important issues. There were moments when the Democratic Party defended Nikos Christodoulides against attacks he was receiving, even from his own party and especially from Averof Neophytou," he explained.
He stressed that "the last thing the establishment wants is for Nikos Christodoulides to be elected to the Presidency of the Republic."
Regarding Crans Montana, Nicolas Papadopoulos pointed out that "only two politicians of the negotiating team of the Greek side remained on his side and actively supported President Anastasiades. Two politicians insisted, until the end, not to accept anything but "zero troops and zero guarantees. One was Nikos Kotzias and the other was Nikos Christodoulides".
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