The President and candidate for the presidency of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, will meet with the EPP candidate next week, following a request from the candidate, as part of contacts to explore possible partnerships ahead of the 2023 presidential elections.
This was stated on Friday by the President of the EPP, Marinos Sizopoulos, in a statement to the media, in response to a journalist's question. According to Mr.Sizopoulos, the party's Political Bureau, at its meeting yesterday, reviewed the developments so far, with its members expressing their positions and opinions on how to proceed.
"We are looking forward to next Thursday and the meeting requested by the presidential candidate, Nikos Christodoulides," Mr.Sizopoulos said. Sizopoulos said that the EPP will continue contacts with candidates before the final decision, "so that members of the collective bodies can have before them a clear picture of each candidate and the decision can be made."
As Mr. Sizopoulos, what the members of the EDEK are called upon to decide is whether there is a possibility of cooperation with other parties and another candidate or whether there will be an independent candidacy, which, as he said, had been one of the options at the political gathering last March. In response to a question, he said that in case of an autonomous descent of the party, the priority is given to the party's president.
He concluded that "the collective bodies of the EPP, on the basis of a rational information and objective criteria and data, will make the final decision", which is expected in the coming July.
Source: CNA
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