The Political Bureau of AKEL leaves the ball in the Central Committee's court regarding the party's "chosen one" for the Presidential Elections, as no decision was taken in favour of Mavroyiannis or Demetriades during today's meeting, which ended just before noon.
According to the Cyprus Times, the names of both potential candidates will be brought before the 105 members of the Central Committee this coming weekend.
The decision taken by the Central Committee, as is known, will be forwarded as a recommendation to the party's grassroots groups.
AKEL's statement is laconic
However, no clarifications were given in a statement issued by AKEL.
AKEL's statement:
The Political Bureau of the C.E. of AKEL today concluded the debate on the programme framework for the 2023 Presidential Elections and on the candidate to be proposed to the Party's Central Committee.
As for the person of the candidate, the P.G. discussed the choices of two personalities: the candidates Andreas Mavroyiannis and Achilleas Demetriades, who can express the demand for the progressive change in governance and the expectations of the large social majority for a new beginning at all levels in our country.
The proposal arrived at by the Political Bureau and the accompanying rationale will first be submitted to the Central Committee, which will meet on the weekend of 7 and 8 May 2022. The C.C. will come up with the proposal that will be put before the members and friends of AKEL in the very next few days. The result of the dialogue and the votes that will take place will be re-evaluated by the CC.
The decision on the candidate that AKEL will support will be taken on June 5th, by the extraordinary Pancyprian Conference of the Party.
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