The President of the Ecologist-Civic Coalition Movement, Mr. Charalambos Theopeptou, exercised his right to vote today at the Acropolis Lyceum, Centre B, in Strovolos.
Immediately afterwards, in statements to journalists, Mr. Theopeptou said the following: "Today is an important day for democracy. First we have to call on people to go and vote without fail, because we have a large number of people who are not registered on the electoral rolls, and we also have high abstention rates. That is why we must stress that it is very important for people to go and vote, not to let others decide their future. I would also like to say that we have gone through an era with a great deal of corruption in Cyprus. We have problems socially, people have many difficulties, we have problems in all areas, and I hope that the President who will be elected now will pay attention because very difficult times are ahead of us. We have high targets and from the European Union, we have things that we had to do, we expect increases in fuel, we expect increases in certain products, difficulties, procedures, environmental standards, and various other things that are coming, for which people have to be prepared and that is the responsibility of the Parliament. The same for people means for trade, and for companies - they all need to be prepared for the changes that are coming, and I'm very concerned."
(AF)
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