EDEK is proceeding immediately to complete its Pancyprian Congress which will be held tomorrow, while at the same time elections will be held on Sunday.
The die was cast after a meeting of the party's Central Committee.
Central Committee members were briefed by President Marinos Sizopoulos and then the Legal Counsel and members of the Committee were seated.
During the vote, 44 members voted in favour and one member against.
Tomorrow at 5 p.m. the Pancyprian Congress of the party will convene at the Journalist's House and on Sunday elections will be held for the election of a deputy president, two vice-presidents and 35 members of the Central Committee remaining to complete the party's collective bodies.
The elections will be held as usual in each province with ballot boxes available on Sunday, with times to be announced at the congress tomorrow.
Speaking to State TV, EPP President Marinos Sizopoulos noted that "after a thorough study of the whole situation as it has been formed, after the court appeals and on the basis of a comprehensive and well-founded legal advice which was, the members of the Central Committee of the party, with one dissent and two withdrawals made before the completion of the process, on the basis of the statutory provisions, has decided to proceed immediately to complete the process of the Pancyprian Electoral Congress."
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