Nicolas Papadopoulos not AKEL voted for Anastasiades and participated in his government
AKEL C.C. Press Office, 18th September 2017, Nicosia
Guided by their communication team, the campaign staff of Mr. Nicolaos Papadopoulos waged a personal attack on the General Secretary of AKEL, trying to create the impression that Andros Kyprianou decides on AKEL’s policy. But their effort is IN vain.
Firstly, AKEL’s policy is decided collectively and it is not one person’s cause.
Secondly, the accusations of Mr. N. Papadopoulos’ campaign team that AKEL has become a tail of Mr. Anastasiades can only be heard as a bad joke. AKEL neither supported, nor participated in the government of Mr. Anastasiades. DIKO was in favour of Mr. Anastasiades’ candidacy in the 2013 presidential elections and participated in his government.
It is Mr. Nicolas Papadopoulos who stated that he gave lists of DIKO members to be appointed to the Boards of the Semi-governmental Organizations.
It is Nicolas Papadopoulos who formed a dual partnership with DISY President Mr. Averof Neophytou to pass all the government’s Memoranda and anti-social bills in the House of Representatives.
AKEL is not a tail of DISY. Mr. Nicolas Papadopoulos turned DIKO into a prop of Mr. Anastasiades’ and Mr. Averof Neophytou’s policies.
And one last thing. It is N. Papadopoulos who publicly and categorically excluded any dialogue with AKEL on the upcoming presidential elections. His references to the people of the Left and the relation of AKEL with the centrist political spectrum only provoke wry smiles.
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