AKEL will seek cooperation for the presidential elections with convergences and consensus on key issues, but will also listen to its own world through the internal party processes that will be completed “at some point in an extraordinary pan-Cypriot congress where final decisions will be made,” he said. On Saturday, the party's secretary general, Stefanos Stefanou, said that they would make their decisions in time.
In statements today on the sidelines of the start of the 20th Pancyprian Congress of EDON, Mr. Stefanou said that AKEL's procedures include a discussion in the governing bodies, with the party world – members and friends and new forces.
The collaborations for AKEL, he added, “are not general and vague. They have content. “There should be convergences and consensus on key issues that determine the course of the place and society.”
Apart from other opposition parties, he continued, they will have this dialogue with their people as well. “We have a timetable that we have not broken. At the same time, however, the processes are influenced by what is happening in the political scene and by how fast the processes are progressing inside. I believe that we will soon have more developments in relation to the efforts made in the run-up to the presidential election. “What is certain is that AKEL will have its decisions in time,” he said.
They have formed, he said, a specific schedule which has a relativity, because you can not predict all the developments, what you will find in front of you and what else will arise. “But we have a timetable in the spring to have our decisions, which means that we will have enough time in the run-up to the 2023 presidential election to do the necessary work,” he added.
Asked when the dialogue with the other parties will start, the General Secretary of AKEL said that the other parties, like AKEL, must be ready. “At least as far as we are concerned, you realize that we have to have the political framework in which we can move, to have our decisions on how far we can go in these collaborations, and you realize the same goes for other parties. “But it is my belief – because things are happening anyway – that we will soon have the opportunity for such contacts with other opposition parties that understand as we understand the need to achieve a progressive change.”
Asked whether the controversies at DISY favor AKEL or will not affect AKEL's choices, Stefanos Stefanou said that they certainly will not affect them. “Each party has its own procedures, people are watching us and judging us,” he said. “I will not go into what is happening at DISY. We will do our job. But I repeat that of course we are watching what is happening and alas if we were not watching “.
Mr. Stefanou said that the political scene is changeable and the main goal of AKEL is to formulate the conditions and conditions in order to maximize the possibility and possibility “to achieve a progressive change in the elections. We take into account the whole scenario and all the data “.
Regarding his presence at the EDON conference, Mr. Stefanou stated that he “awakens memories” since he was at EDON for 11 years, from an ordinary member to a General Secretary. “If it is something that comes out as a result of all this presence, both mine and others, but also of EDON itself, it is precisely this militant stance for claiming the rights of the youth.”
This is very relevant, especially today, given that the current new generation is living in worse conditions than the previous one, he added. “If we set a criterion for progress, young people can live better than their parents,” he said.
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