From the beginning, the election race of Nikos Christodoulides was in trouble, who, before he could enjoy the good impressions that his announcement left, even among his political opponents, came the revelations about the blunder of his communicator, George Flesas, with the copy paste of speeches of Ioannis Kasoulides.
The coldness of the weekend is now followed by reflection on the next day, although the staff of Nikos Christodoulides is optimistic that the first big lesson will become a lesson for the next. The presidential candidate himself acknowledges that it was a serious mistake to show blind faith in George Flesas. One of the root causes of the problem appears to be the fact that Christodoulides' staff is still only now beginning to take shape. The lack of people with experience of election campaigns was creating a gap, which was largely filled by George Fletsa's expertise from political contests in Greece and Cyprus. However, Flessas, from being a general on the staff, proved to be the fatal person at a crucial point in time. Predictably, the blunder was exploited by the alarmed camp, which is demonstrating superiority in personnel, putting unbearable pressure on Christodoulides' staff.
Yesterday, more videos with quotes by Christodoulides, identical to those uttered by Ioannis Kasoulides in 2008, were released on the internet. "Hegemonism, arrogant attitudes and divisive sermons are a thing of the past", "The governance of the country is everyone's business", "The real choice is whether we move forward looking forward or stay backwards", "My political background is known" were some more.
The rest is predicted to be exciting. What we have seen is but the beginning of a battle in a war that has just begun.
Apart from the Flesas blunder, however, Nikos Christodoulides is called upon in the next few days to determine the course of action in relation to the possibility of cooperation with DIKO. His constant statements that he remains a synergist have begun to cause embarrassment and annoyance among DIKO cadres, especially those who from the beginning did not welcome the possibility of supporting his candidacy. In any case, much will soon become clear when the first meeting between the two sides takes place. In substance, however, it seems that the tendency to support Christodoulides' candidacy remains dominant in DIKO, which makes it clear that there is no question of revisiting AKEL's proposal to support the candidacy of Andreas Mavroyiannis.
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