The President of the Democratic Party - Partnership of Democratic Forces (PPD), Marios Karoyan, in an official statement to journalists after the announcement of the final results of the first round of the presidential elections, said the following: "I would like to express my satisfaction with the large and massive participation of our people in this electoral process. I want to express my thanks to the thousands of our fellow citizens who chose and supported the independent candidate Nicos Christodoulides. I want to express my thanks to the leadership, the executives and the members of the Democratic Party who once again gave their massive and strong presence in this great electoral process.
As I have said this morning, the first part of this process has been completed within the framework of political culture, as the Cypriot people have accustomed us to. I would like to thank and express my congratulations to all of Nicos Christodoulides' running mates, who have fought their own battle in a dignified manner. The people have spoken, the people have taken a stand, they have expressed their own verdict. For us, there are no winners and losers. For us, the winner must be the Republic of Cyprus, it must be our people, it must be our society. The losers must be the problems, the difficulties, the hardships, the difficulties, the dangers, the things that reasonably worry every citizen, that reasonably worry every patriot. Neither conflicts, nor divisions, nor confrontations should divide us. We are firmly committed to the position and the view that there must be collectivity, co-responsibility, unity of forces. Only in this way can our people, our society, our country survive and win the bet of the new era. Nikos Christodoulides, from the very beginning, ethically and consistently expressed this position, a position that was embraced by a strong majority of the Cypriot people. We will continue with the same eulogy tomorrow: unity, consensus, composition, consultation. No one is left over in this great effort, which is an effort to preserve the Republic of Cyprus and to create conditions for progress, development and prosperity.
So, for this reason, in closing, I would like to ask everyone, gently, on the basis of logic - I understand, there are emotions, there is a charge and it is logical after a long election process - each candidate has fought with dignity and we must all treat it as such. We are reaching out to everyone and I am sure that this initiative of ours will find many others along the way who will catch on. Because this is a battle for our country, it is not a battle for our parties, nor for our faces, nor for any petty partisan or personal agendas. Now is the time for Cyprus and it is the time for the political forces to give the message to society that we have taken its message and together we are marching for tomorrow. Congratulations to Nikos Christodoulides, and congratulations to his fellow candidates, because through their cooperation in this process, democracy has won in our country. Thank you very much."
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