DIKO President Nicolas Papadopoulos and EPP President Marinos Sizopoulos met today in view of the Presidential Elections.
During the meeting of the two Presidents, there was "a cordial and constructive meeting and discussion", Nicolas Papadopoulos said in a statement.
"DIKO and EDEK are the two main pillars of the centrist space and I believe that our cooperation in the upcoming Presidential Elections can guarantee the change we want to see in our country in order to be able to deal with the problems of the Cypriot economy which have caused repeated crises, the 2013 crisis, the memorandum, the pandemic and of course recently the war in Ukraine. In order to deal with the problems of price inflation and energy cost inflation which today are literally bringing Cypriot households and Cypriot businesses to their knees. To deal with the problem of immigration, which is a problem that is now completely out of control. To regain the credibility of our country and eliminate the shadows of corruption and intrigue. To restore hope in the efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem and to avert the danger of partition that is currently looming before us", the DIKO President noted.
In conclusion, he said that for these and many other reasons, DIKO wants to continue contacts with the EPP and "as far as the Democratic Party is concerned", he noted, "we will make every effort so that this cooperation can proceed and be implemented so that we can restore hope in society, in the country and in our people".
DIKO and EDEK, parties that have the most convergences and the least divergences
For his part, EDEK President Marinos Sizopoulos said that, "it is obvious that DIKO and EDEK are the parties that have the most convergences and the least divergences in matters of governmental and not only governmental policy. And it is very important for the EDEK to explore the possibilities and the prospect of joining forces with the Democratic Party in the next presidential elections."
Noting a key objective: "Not just to inoculate the government program for the next five years, but to define the program for the next five years and this on the basis of what our friend Nicholas Papadopoulos mentioned earlier on the individual issues that must be addressed and that the next government must provide a solution for the sake of our people, for the sake of our country," noted Marinos Sizopoulos.
Responding to journalists' questions, the President of the EPP, Marinos Sizopoulos, said, among other things, that "as we have agreed, we will continue the dialogue that we have initiated in order to be able to cover through the convergences all these aspects that make up the scenery of the next Presidential Elections, both in terms of the programme and in terms of the person and everything that concerns the Presidential Elections".
For the time being, we have not entered into a discussion of persons, he added, while what matters first, he said, is to "agree on what basis the two parties should come together."
"We will inform our collective bodies, on the basis of the views we exchanged today, to take the directions from our collective bodies and we will continue precisely in our meetings to explore what I mentioned earlier, the possibility of coexistence in the next presidential elections," he concluded.
Responding to journalists' questions, DIKO President Nicolas Papadopoulos said, among other things, that "as far as the conditions are concerned, for us an important condition is to agree on the programmatic positions. As far as the EPP is concerned, we have done it before in the 2018 presidential elections and in other elections and we are optimistic that we can succeed again and form such convergences now."
"As far as contacts with other parties are concerned, based on the decision of the Executive Bureau, DIKO has determined which parties will continue contacts with other parties of the intermediate area and independent candidates. Who will be a candidate for DIKO will be decided by the party's collective bodies," Papadopoulos concluded.
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