The nominations for the 2023 Presidential Elections were submitted today, Thursday, 5 January 2023, at the "Filoxenia" Conference Centre.
During the submission of his candidacy, Mr: "First, I would like to say a big thank you to Mr. Andreas Ladommatos for proposing my candidacy. Mr. Andreas Ladomontas has been painting the landscapes of Cyprus for decades. I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Alexander McDonald for his many years of dedication to our country. He gives hope for tomorrow. I also want to say a big thank you to the 100 who have signed my nomination. I also want to thank my colleagues at Neos Kima and especially our Nobel laureate Professor Christoforos Pissarides for the journey we made together, and of course my family for their love and support.
We are a small nation that has been fighting for centuries to live in this beautiful corner of the Mediterranean. Many times alone, forgotten. Endless struggles from generation to generation. In my thoughts at this hour are my parents, and all those who died in exile far from our beloved land. Today we are surrounded by enormous dangers, national and social. I ask the citizens of Cyprus to ask themselves. What would make them proud? What kind of country would they want their children to live in? I am not promising an easy life, but a state that brings out the best in us. The choice is ours. We can either march on the beaten path or we can become the creative force of subversion, the creative force of change. If we don't dare now, when? If we don't change the country, who will do it for us? If we do not reunite our country, who will do it for us?"
I ask you to compare characters, ideas, philosophies, goals and plans. Decide not by partisan criteria, nor by narrow self-interest, but by how our country can be made better. A Cyprus of equal opportunities is possible, if only we believe it. The future belongs to the innovators, the bold, the visionaries. So we will fight for this dark yet bright homeland. For the other Cyprus. Thank you."
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