DISY, AKEL and the smaller parties, make the first reading of the decision of the DIKO Executive Bureau to propose to the Central Committee to support the candidacy of Nikos Christodoulides.
There was no doubt in the two major parties about the course of events, but until the last moment they hoped that a reversal could occur. On Sunday, the cooperation at the level of the Central Committee will be formalised, a decision that will further shape the electoral scene. DISY and AKEL recognise that the support from DIKO gives Nikos Christodoulides more than it may take away. First and foremost, they believe that DIKO's decision may serve as a precursor for other smaller parties, such as EDEK and possibly DIPA, with whom Christodoulides will have a second round of contacts in the coming days. In addition, support from one party creates synergies on multiple levels, which are essential for a candidate following a lonely path without the necessary organisational mechanism and cadres with electoral experience.
Pressure from DISY
In DIKO they expect that the pressure will increase at the communication level since the support of the former minister, Nikos Christodoulides, is in contradiction with the declared goal of change and getting rid of the current government. The pressure will come mainly from DISY, which has already criticised the issue in question, a criticism that will certainly be intensified throughout the election campaign. Similar criticism will also come from AKEL, but with less intensity, as the left-wing party, with the selection of Andreas Mavroyiannis, a close associate of President Anastasiades, has a similar problem to deal with, which will certainly become the ruling party's bread and butter.
Nikos Christodoulides will be presented by DISY as DIKO's candidate, for obvious reasons. Pindarou will invest heavily in party patriotism and intensify the campaign to deconstruct the former minister. DISY's task is not easy because the attack against Christodoulides hides the risk of antisyndicalism. DIKO makes it clear that the independence of the candidate is accepted, while both sides make it clear that the coordination they will have does not imply absolute identity in political positions.
Nicos Christodoulides is intensifying his contacts with the aim to organize thematic sessions as soon as possible to present his positions in detail on all issues.
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