The standoff between the government and DISY is intensifying, with Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letympiotis responding sharply to DISY’s latest criticisms.
In response to the latest statements from DISY’s leadership, Mr. Letympiotis argued that “The DISY leadership seems determined to back the President of the Republic with remarkable consistency.”
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The Central Committee’s statement in full
The DISY leadership appears determined to back the President of the Republic with remarkable consistency.
Yesterday, the President referred to the “announcement industry.” Today, it has already taken three announcements to finally back him up. And the day isn’t even over yet.
As for the alignment with AKEL, unfortunately for the DISY leadership, it is neither attributed to nor fabricated by the government. It is evident. Through the repeated timing, the alignment of arguments, rhetoric, and positions, and the shared focus on nearly every current issue.
When such coincidences occur with such frequency, they cease to be mere coincidences. The government is simply pointing out the obvious.
And this raises a deeper political question that the DISY leadership must eventually address. Which core policies does it ultimately agree with? With center-right policies—which it has long claimed to uphold—or with the positions of AKEL, with which it is increasingly aligning itself?
Because a party’s leadership is not defined solely by its history and name. It is defined first and foremost by the positions its leadership chooses to defend today.
In essence, however, today’s two new announcements also raise a very specific question.
Does the DISY leadership ultimately view the creation of the Advisory Council as a positive and beneficial institutional change, or not?
When the government announced its establishment, the DISY leadership rushed to challenge it and attempt to undermine it. Today, it invokes it as something of a guardian of meritocracy. We are sincerely pleased with this progress. We now await the next step: for it to publicly welcome its creation.
And since, albeit belatedly, it seems to recognize the value of the institution, let it tell us one more thing: what is its own proposal?
What is the optimal model for selecting candidates that she is proposing to society today? The Advisory Council, or the system that was in place for decades and which they may wish to reinstate?
Unfortunately for the DISY leadership, the written word remains. Even more so, however, their track record remains. And on this specific issue, it is deafening. Society is well aware of it.
After all, there is a basic rule of political rationality: a position and a proposal must come before dismissing everything.
So far, however, it’s been zero plus zero. No proposals. No alternatives. No self-criticism. Just announcements.
So instead of a third announcement, we’re waiting for the first proposal.
Perhaps along with it, they will finally clarify something even more fundamental: which political direction they choose to serve. Because when the statements, arguments, and positions constantly coincide with those of AKEL, the observation of this overlap cannot be troubling. Only the overlap itself can be troubling.
