Nearly a month after resigning as president of EDEK, Nikos Anastasiou breaks his silence by emphasizing the need for unity within the party. In an interview with POLITIS, he explains why he was driven to the door, saying that the situation had reached an impasse. The icing on the cake was the pan-Cypriot conference on July 5 and what he described as the arbitrary interpretation of its decisions. He refers to his inability to foster unity, making pointed remarks.

“Everyone is content to say that others are to blame, while absolving themselves. If these prominent leaders were to stay out of the public eye—even for a short while— as well as from active party leadership, rest assured that the party will find its way again.”
_{Nikos Anastasiou – Former President of EDEK}

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He explains why he turned off his phones after his resignation and how much the atmosphere within the party over the past few months affected him.

“I had reached a point where the whole situation was beginning to affect me both psychologically and in terms of my family life. It took me a while, but I made my decision, because I firmly believe that no one is entirely in the right, and, given how things were unfolding, I was in danger of becoming part of the problem myself.”
_{Nikos Anastasiou – Former President of EDEK}

He speaks plainly about people within the party who were working tirelessly to prevent EDEK from entering Parliament. With the party heading toward an electoral convention on September 5, the former party president wishes the candidates success while also referring to the effort to exclude Sofia Christodoulou from the process.

“I believe that excluding my fellow candidate Sophia would be a big mistake. In a democracy, no one is expendable, and even less so in EDEK.”
_{Nikos Anastasiou – Former President of EDEK}

With the validation of all four candidacies—Sophia Christodoulou, Koullis Mavronikolas, Marios Hannides, and Giorgos Kouttoukis—they are heading to the polls. The new president, whose term will last three months, will work toward the party’s constitutional convention in October, shortly before the party heads to the polls again in December to elect new leadership.

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