“Some people thought differently and unfortunately the opportunity for national reconciliation and social consensus was lost,” the Democratic Party said in a statement, photographing AKEL for its withdrawal from yesterday's parliamentary election process from the agreement reached on the basis of consensus. proposal by Marios Karoyan, and which concerned the support of Andros Kyprianou by all parties except ELAM.
“The elections of May 30”, notes DIPA, “were marked by the high percentages of abstention and the fact that a significant percentage of the electorate is under-represented in the current composition of the Parliament, since parties were left out of Parliament that gathered almost 15%”.
“Yesterday,” he says, “we had an opportunity to demonstrate in practice and decisively the national unity that the country needs to emerge from the multifaceted, multi-layered and unprecedented crisis that it is going through, as well as to face the growing threats of Turkey.” “Unfortunately, this opportunity was lost.”
“The opportunity has been lost,” he continues, “to create the conditions for a creative dialogue and broad social consensus, in order to quickly find the safest way out of the crisis and to ensure political stability that will allow the immediate launch of a comprehensive and effective reform plan. overall reorganization of the creative forces of society and the economy in view of its great challenges after the pandemic era “.
“Our proposal,” he adds, “whose paternity we do not claim to the fullest extent, was made with the sole purpose of sending the message to society that we have heard it and that we are taking a first step, even a step towards leaving the impasses of the past and to focus on building the Cyprus of the 21st century “.
“Almost all political parties,” he concludes, “were in one way or another aware of this proposal. “Unfortunately, in the end, some people had other thoughts.”
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