Satisfaction prevails in the AKEL leadership from the results so far of the vote in the grassroots party groups to ratify the proposal for the candidacy of Andreas Mavroyiannis.
According to information from Hezekia Papaioannou, the rate of acceptance of the proposal by the base is close to 80%, far exceeding the 60% with which it qualified for the Central Committee. Apart from satisfaction, relief prevails in AKEL, since the almost universal ratification of the CE's proposal for Mavroyiannis' candidacy allows the party to move towards the electoral battle with confidence, away from a climate of dystocia and introversion. Optimism in AKEL is also caused by the fact that the first opinion polls that started to be conducted after the nomination of Mavroyiannis, show the former negotiator entering the electoral race with a quite satisfactory starting point. The polls that have seen the light of day so far indicate that in case of a Mavroyiannis-Averoff duel in the second round, it will be a tough battle between the two, with all options open. In case the pair is Mavroyiannis-Christodoulides, the polls conducted so far show a clear victory for the former Foreign Minister.
The debate in AKEL's Party Base Groups is expected to be completed in the coming days and towards the end of next week the Central Committee will meet to assess the result. The Central Committee will prepare the recommendation to the extraordinary pan-Cypriot conference, which is scheduled for Sunday 5 June, to make the final decision on the candidate with whom AKEL will fight the election.
Achilleas against Christodoulides-Mavroyiannis
Strong criticisms against President Anastasiades, Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis
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Independent candidate Achilleas Demetriades is voicing strong criticisms against President Anastasiades, Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis. In an article under the headline "Why resolving the Cyprus problem is decisive for our future", writes, among other things, that five years after the shipwreck at Crand Montana, we are in danger of falling off the cliffs of partition. "Responsible for the mess the Cyprus problem is in today are. He adds: "N. Christodoulides said publicly that "in Crand Montana we reached the 5th paragraph of the solution" and A. Mavroyiannis that we reached "the third paragraph of the solution". Today we are at the "par 5 of partition". Who is responsible for this? The Foreign Minister and the Negotiator were not employees or mere assistants. They were co-shapers of a course that brought us here. Were they not aware that Anastasiades, instead of the SG's Framework, was discussing behind closed doors with various people (including Cavusoglu) the two-state solution and then had a "storm of ideas" in Nicosia? If either of them disagreed, they should have at least said so publicly. Saying five years later that you supposedly did not agree means absolutely nothing. Intentions don't count, or ex post facto prevarication. Everything is judged by the result and the damage is paid for by Cyprus, which is on the rocks of partition. Varosha was opened for settlement and the Cyprus problem as an issue to be resolved is absent from all international steps."
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