What I can't understand is the sheer number of people who think they can govern a place.
Just look at this: on a small island with a population of nearly one million, there are so many people who want to save us. Despite the fact that we still have 17 months ahead of us, the country is already moving at the pace of the 2028 presidential election, and a flurry of name-dropping is underway. Our days are now filled with scenarios, faces, and names.
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I fully understand that it makes perfect sense for political parties to be in a frenzy of activity, ensuring they are fully prepared with their chosen candidates who will enter the electoral fray. What I cannot understand is the sheer number of people who believe they can govern a country.
They’re popping up everywhere—from the existing political scene, from the old and outdated, and from the business world. In most cases, it’s hard to pinpoint what background, what basis, and what political criteria underpin their decision to run for president. The laudatory rhetoric of their supporters or the overconfident—and unfounded—perception of their potential do not translate into votes.
In the United States, with a population of over 340 million, the Republican–Democratic dichotomy has its roots in the mid-19th century and persists to this day. In the presidential elections of the world’s superpower, there are two candidates, both from these two dominant parties.
Obviously, we know a little more, we do things a little better, and as we often hear… the country comes first. The party comes first. A phrase that rolls effortlessly off the tongues of most of our politicians and which they use as a starting point for everything they claim to stand for. Which is nothing other than power.
Within DISY, internal strife has once again spread its tentacles; the rift among top-tier officials is more evident than ever; division is just around the corner—and all because many contenders are passionately vying for the nomination for the presidential candidacy. Of course, everyone has the right to participate in a party’s democratic processes, but when the party is heading toward the precipice, it is a good opportunity to put into practice the principle of “the party comes first” and to set aside any personal ambitions that may exist. In the case of DISY, instead of seeing a sincere political consultation take place to identify a leader who can unite the party for the ’28 elections, we are instead witnessing a rift that is growing ever deeper and threatens to undermine the party’s momentum.
In conclusion, the picture emerging from Cyprus’s current political landscape is that, in the face of unbridled personal ambitions, the virtue of prudence—as well as the concept of “timing”—is conspicuously absent. In other words, when should someone take action, when would it be wise to take a step back from an idea, or even to realize that perhaps they shouldn’t take the step they have in mind at all.
