The Office of the Commissioner for the Presidency announces that, on the day of the Presidential Elections, Sunday 5 February 2023 and in case of a run-off election, on the following Sunday 12 February 2023, the Humanitarian Office will be open from 7.00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with a one-hour break, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m, in order to provide accommodations to those stranded who will be exercising their right to vote.
The Humanitarian Affairs Office telephone numbers are 22400108 and 22400109.
Internally displaced persons will vote by presenting any official document of the Republic bearing their photograph.
- Internally displaced voters from the Kyrenia constituency will vote at a polling station at the Kykkos B Unified Lyceum, Centre Z in Nicosia.
- The stranded voters of the Famagusta constituency will vote at the polling station of Acheritou Primary School, Centre C.
It is clarified that those who hold a voter's booklet and are in the free areas should make their own arrangements to go to the polling stations where they are registered.
It should be noted that internally displaced persons who will be in the free areas on election day and who wish to do so, may be granted authorisation to vote at their nearest polling station, after informing the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, through the Humanitarian Affairs Department, to that effect.
For those who wish to do so, arrangements have been made to transport them from their occupied villages to and from the above polling stations by bus.
(IK)
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