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It is our conviction that in the person of Andreas Mavroyiannis our country can once again walk with confidence towards the future, said on Saturday, General Secretary of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, speaking at the 27th Conference of the Limassol provincial committee of AKEL and called on the opposition for cooperation.
In his address, Mr.Stefanou said that "the goal we have set for the elections is the election of a President who, on the basis of a progressive programme, will open new roads and new perspectives for our Cyprus, for society, for workers and especially for our young people."
He noted that in these elections, their result will decide much for the course of the country, "in a period characterised by many deadlocks and problems caused by the decade-long DISY government."
Recalling the decision of the party's Central Committee to support the independent candidacy of Andreas Mavroyiannis, the AKEL General Secretary said that it is his conviction that "in the person of Andreas Mavroyiannis, our country can once again move confidently towards the future".
"We can achieve progressive change by activating all the forces of our country and all the talents of our people, we can again inspire society, leave behind fatalism and restore optimism," he added.
Saying that the challenges facing our country are many and we need the rallying of as many forces as possible in the struggle for progressive change, the AKEL Secretary General stressed that "this is why we choose to support an independent candidate who can bridge differences, create convergences, synthesise and unite forces, cultivate the ground for the necessary transitions".
We choose, he continued, to support an independent candidate with experience, knowledge, skills, with connections in international politics, honest and clean, "to support an independent candidate who can counter the distrust and suspicion with which a part of society views the parties and the political system and re-inspire optimism and the desire to create".
At the same time, he appealed for solidarity "to the political forces and personalities who see the deadlocks of alarming governance, to all those who see and seek change."
"This is our invitation to the opposition forces. With the independent candidacy of Andreas Mavroyiannis, we address them and call them to cooperation," said Stefanos Stefanou.
Finally, he noted that in a few days AKEL will complete its democratic procedures, make its decisions "and throw itself into the battle of the elections with optimism, with strength, with confidence and momentum for the country to finally turn the page."
Source: CNA
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