The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Anita Demetriou, exercised this morning her right to vote for the Presidential Elections, at the Troullo Primary School, Centre B.
Then, in her statements to journalists, the Speaker of the House of Representatives said that "today is a celebration of democracy, so we call on citizens to come en masse to the polls, to collectively exercise this right given today with the Presidential Elections.
It is very important, precisely to have a collective result that can in this way, the best democratic expression, secure the future that our Cyprus deserves.
I wish good luck to all and everyone and a good vote."
In response to a journalist's remark that young people have over time abstained from the electoral process and asked to give her message, Ms Demetriou said that "I do not think that young people abstain, it is just that it is more difficult to convince them and here lies our responsibility and our responsibility. To convince the younger generation in particular that they really need to participate in order to have the best possible outcome, especially for them.
Because, you see, the future of this country is primarily for young people, they will be the architects of tomorrow, to them we will leave a legacy, which they will have to manage, so we need young people in this equation, so that we can have exactly the future that our country and each individual citizen deserves. We hope and make every effort to have the best possible result and to represent them in the best possible way, but what we are saying is that democracy is always lacking if the civil society at large and especially young people do not participate equally."
Asked from where she will watch the electoral process, Ms Demetriou said "I will be watching from my home with particular interest. It has been a long and difficult election period, but today we will have the results, and it will continue next week, so good luck."
(PM/SX)
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