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Unity government is a possibility

02/04/13
PRESIDENT NICOS Anastasiades is considering inviting opposition parties AKEL and EDEK to participate in government, Communications Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos was reported saying yesterday. In an interview with Athens News Agency, Mitsopoulos said: “We are in a state of emergency.” He argued that the government took over a state in “chaos”, revealing that Anastasiades was contemplating inviting opposition parties AKEL and EDEK to participate in government and provide a collective response to the crisis plaguing Cyprus. Speaking candidly, he said: “We are not properly prepared and perhaps we made a mistake in our evaluation of our European friends... 10 comments

Sarris: I did not resign

20/03/13
FINANCE Minister Michalis Sarris denied reports yesterday that he had resigned, as lawmakers were set to debate a divisive tax on bank deposits to secure an international bailout.Sarris, who was in Moscow yesterday, told Reuters by text message there was “no truth” to the reports, which surfaced shortly after noon.Daily Phileleftheros posted on its website that Sarris had offered to step down before departing for Russia. President Anastasiades did not accept the resignation, the daily said.Other media outlets quickly reproduced the report, but did not back up the claim.Kathimerini said Sarris would be tendering his resignation on returning to the island... 1 comment

Parliamentary vote will be a close call

By Peter Stevenson and George Christou 19/03/13
 A SIMPLE majority in the 56-member House of Representatives would be required for approval of the government bill on the deposits haircut, assuming the twice-postponed vote is held today.However the numbers simply do not add up to a majority. Three parties AKEL (19 seats), EDEK (5) and the single-seat Greens decided on Sunday that they would vote against the haircut. This leaves President Anastasiadesrelying on his party DISY (20 seats) and his government’s coalition partner DIKO (8).  Even if he ensures that all DISY members would back the bill the support of the eight members of DIKO that would give the government a fighting chance of passing it, is far from certain. At least three DIKO deputies had indicated they would not back the bill. ... 7 comments

Papadopoulos throws down the gauntlet

By Poly Pantelides 09/03/13
 DIKO deputy Nicolas Papadopoulos yesterday announced his intention to run for the leadership of the party in a bid to take over from Marios Garoyian whose leadership he said was marred by a series of bad choices that have damaged the party’s integrity.The son of the former president Tassos Papadopoulos stepped down as DIKO vice-chairman in January in what he said was a “political act of disagreement with the decision to back Mr Anastasiades” in the presidential elections. DISY’s Nicos Anastasiades went on to win the elections, thanking Garoyian and DIKO voters for their support. ... 3 comments

Flurry of activity as new government gears up

By Stefanos Evripidou 27/02/13
AFTER A full day of comings and goings by politicians and businessmen to the DISY offices in Nicosia yesterday, President-elect Nicos Anastasiades said that by today, the names of his new cabinet would be announced.Speaking after a number of meetings with potential cabinet members, Anastasiades said that consultations with other parties to form a government of national unity had gone well. The President-elect, who will be sworn in by parliament tomorrow, making him the 7th President of the Cyprus Republic, said he was in constant dialogue with DIKO, EVROKO and the Greens. “And I must say I’m fully satisfied with the consultations so far,” he added. ... 5 comments
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