– When Nikos enjoys the photos
– Averoff finally had… “power”
– Mavrogiannis’s “self-immolation”
– Yiannis Laouris “shut down” Parliament
Have a good day. Thankfully, Nature and God exist and grant us moments of optimism and hope in this land, as we’ve seen in recent days with the rain. Otherwise, we’d be drowning in the rot that surrounds us—and which will only grow more intense as we approach the presidential election. Especially this presidential election.
- I’ve been saying this for a while now: Mr. President, tone down the PR games a bit, because politics needs more substance and fewer words and images. Now that the Turks have caught on, I hope he’ll reconsider. So, prompted by the invitation he finally received from Erdoğan for the international summit in Antalya, the Turkish media had a field day with our President’s behavior. “The Greek Cypriot leader was particularly pleased to receive an invitation from Turkey,” wrote Hürriyet, adding the even more telling comment: “Christodoulides rushes to hold brief discussions and be photographed with President Erdoğan or Hakan Fidan whenever he sees them at international summits, and then distributes these photos to the Greek Cypriot press.” If only they knew that this is actually the job of Letympiotis and Victor…
- This isn’t a joke, and I’m saying this for his own good, since the presidential elections are coming up and perhaps this high-profile publicity will ultimately backfire. For example, take the remark made in his presence by the mayor of Morphou, Victor Hatzavraam: “The goal is not to foster false expectations but to achieve substantive progress and a return to negotiations for a viable, functional solution of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation.” Has he lost his mind or not?
- In any case, the President has hinted that he will address the people on the Cyprus issue when he deems the time is right. Could it be the end of the year, when Guterres will also bid us farewell? Or will it be part of some comprehensive review that will also mark the official start of his election campaign? Whenever it is, I hope he responds convincingly to Morphou Mayor’s jab. Because the latest news he shared with us from Brussels is that the UN, the EU, and Turkey will hold something of a summit on the Cyprus issue.
- Better late than never. As for Averof, the reason he had been missing for over a week and suddenly reappeared—not to tell us whether he’ll run within the party, nor whether Anita was pressured to withdraw from the presidential race. He appeared to tell us that electricity is expensive and that we must take the initiative to lift the sanctions against Russia! He has lost both his sense of proportion and his political judgment. God help us hold out until February ’28.
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- Averoff, however, is very optimistic. He says he has poll numbers showing him currently garnering a solid 15–17 percent of the vote. He doesn’t say, however, what the other candidates are polling at, so we can’t tell if his optimism is justified. In any case, the backdrop of the press conference—a photo of a beach in Akamas (i.e., his home region)—does not bode well for the outcome of this new venture.
- To have served as the party’s vice president and parliamentary spokesperson and to declare that Christodoulides is 100% entitled to a second term while your party is in the midst of candidate selection procedures—that’s hardly what you’d call ethical political behavior. Right, Niko Tornaritis? And, seriously, are you going to vote in the DISY primary as well?
- What’s going on over at DIKO, guys? Did they throw Koulias into the race as a “decoy” to say the things others don’t dare to say? Zacharias has thrown his hat in the ring for Nikola’s candidacy and is taking every opportunity to attack Christodoulides. In fact, he’s calling him out, saying he was the first to kick off the campaign. I’m curious to see how they’ll sort things out with so many contradictions and differing agendas in this party.
- Because I get the impression that Andreas Mavroyiannis has set out to sabotage his own candidacy? The more he insists that he’ll make his announcement before AKEL’s decision, the more alarm bells go off for some people at Ezekia Papaioannou. A little understanding of the mindset of AKEL members would make Andreas much more cautious. He should also be more careful with his statement that “if he doesn’t make the polls, he’ll withdraw.” Politics isn’t a social media challenge where, if things don’t go your way, you just take it down…
- Laouris “shut down” Parliament. That’s more or less how things went, even if they gave other reasons. Let me explain: On Thursday, in the absence of the President of the Republic, Zacharias Koulias presided over the session. With the Speaker of the Parliament also absent, Yiannis Laouris, as the oldest member, would have presided over the House. Many different people mobilized behind the scenes, and in order to prevent Laouris from being elevated to the position of Speaker of the House, they decided not to hold a plenary session “due to a lack of agenda items.” And yet, Thursday’s plenary session could have voted to reduce the tax on heating oil. And just like that… the Parliament’s prestige was saved, and citizens’ pockets were emptied even further.
- I’m absolutely furious about Kimberly Guilfoyle’s shenanigans at the embassy in Athens! What exactly did that woman do? She was doing business, just like her boss does all over the world. And in fact, she did it more openly and brazenly. We found someone we could get along with in the underworld, but the big-time crooks snatched him away from us.
Have a good Sunday. Get ready for new bombshells that will explode in the public pre-election debate. Don’t be surprised if Averoff calls for sanctions against Israel for the genocide in Gaza. There’s a strong following here, too…
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