An extremely critical week lies ahead for the Democratic Alarm, against the backdrop of the 2028 presidential election.
The statements made by Averof Neophytou over the past 24 hours, along with his clear intention to announce his candidacy, are causing tremors of many Richter units on Pindarou Street.
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In an effort to gauge intentions and engage in a thorough—though, by all accounts, stormy—discussion, the party leadership, according to Alpha’s sources, is scheduled to meet on Monday at 2 p.m.
The same sources say that Averof Neophytou will not be present. He will, however, undoubtedly be the central figure in the entire discussion.
In order to avoid a repeat of past events—which hurt the party in the 2023 presidential election— DISY is attempting to send a clear message to the party’s former president that any violation of the procedures mandated by the party’s bylaws is out of the question.
Anita, the key figure
At Monday’s meeting, the party president herself is expected to be asked to clarify her intentions.
Although Anita Dimitriou’s actions seem to lead inevitably to the conclusion that she will run in the presidential race.
The big question hanging in the air is how the president—and, by extension, the party leadership—will handle the possibility that Averof Neophytou will announce his candidacy in the very next few hours, beating everyone to the punch.
This scenario—which is anything but science fiction—seems likely, as he himself linked it to the deadlock in the Cyprus issue and the events that took place in New York.
Internal Polls
While the DISY leadership is on pins and needles, the party’s former president and his inner circle are conducting opinion polls.
According to a report in the newspaper “Phileleftheros,” the polls show that in all scenarios—based on the names circulating so far—Averof Neophytou’s candidacy stands a very good chance.
This is true even in the event that both he and Anita Dimitriou run.
Based on the poll conducted by his inner circle, Averof Neophytou receives the highest percentage in response to the question of who is considered to have the greatest ability to manage national or economic crises, in the question about who is considered the most combative, and in the one about who has the most experience and knowledge of the problems facing the Cypriot economy.
See Giorgos Georgiadis’s report:
