The time of the first meeting between Stefanos and Papadopoulos with the DIKO President as host is approaching, which is expected to have the character of an official premiere of the dialogue.
Moreover, Stefanos Stefanou and Nicolas Papadopoulos are not expecting tomorrow's official meeting to explore each other's intentions. All this has largely been clarified during the intensive informal contacts they have had in recent days away from the spotlight.
Stefanos Stefanou and Nicolas Papadopoulos have as a common starting point the desire for cooperation between their parties, on the basis of political decisions at the highest level, with a mandate condition of a change of government.
"It is the realisation of both parties that the country has reached the bottom and we need to change, end the government of alarm and create the conditions for a progressive change in the governance of the country," AKEL General Secretary Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday.
Beyond this position, however, in order to achieve a political marriage, serious concessions are needed on both sides and, above all, a personality who can become the vehicle of cooperation as a presidential candidate. The leaders of both parties appear willing to make concessions on both sides.
The hard part begins in the persons who could claim the nomination of a candidate for the presidency with guarantees of success, away from dangerous risks or moves that do not ensure the minimum conditions for success
"I do not want at this moment to enter into a discussion about the names or who the potential candidates will be. We will enter this dialogue with the sincere conviction that we must achieve change," Nicolas Papadopoulos said yesterday.
First... Averof-Sizopoulos
In anticipation of tomorrow's AKEL-DIKO meeting, Presidential candidate Averof Neophytou sees today Marinos Sizopoulos with the facts in DISY in view of 2023 already set in motion without a plan B.
DISY's candidate will be Averof Neophytou, as Demetris Demetriou reiterated yesterday, noting that "we will do everything possible to get him elected President of the Republic".
The meeting of the two leaders was scheduled at the request of Averof Neophytou. "As we have said many, many times we will in no way refuse any meeting with the parliamentary parties or with a potential candidate, except ELAM," said Marinos Sizopoulos yesterday, who said that the EDEK currently has no set meetings with other parties. "We will deal with the situations depending on the flow of events and depending on the intentions of our interlocutors" as he explained.
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