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NICOSIA, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Cyprus held on Sunday the president pitting two career diplomats against each other in the second round of their elections, political went to the polls in a cliffhanger vote that split the right.
49-year-old Nikos Christodoulides is a former foreign minister, and 66-year-old Andreas Mavroyiannis is the chief negotiator of peace talks with the Turkish Cypriots and the head of Cyprus. UNwas the former permanent representative of
About 561,000 Greek Cypriots have the right to vote. Polling stations Baku opened at 05:00 and closed at 16:00. Officials are expected to announce the winner by 1800 GMT.
In the first round of voting held on February 5, Christodoulid won by a small margin. judge The head of the right-wing DISY party, Averof Neophitu, placed third. read more
Both remaining candidates consider themselves independent, Christodoulis is supported by the center and center-right parties, while Mavroyianni is supported by the left-wing AKEL. His candidacy got a boost this week when DISY members said they should vote with their conscience.
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The DISY leadership was furious after former party member Christodoulidis broke ranks to run as an independent candidate. read more
Members of the leading DISY party have since supported each candidate. Phileleftheros called the daily Sunday result a puzzle.
“Anger, bruised egos, voting against AKEL and similarities in ideology are all triggers that could influence today’s vote,” the organization wrote on its front page.
Cyprus’s current president, DISY’s Nikos Anastasiadis, is barred by law from running for a third term and has said he supports the party’s line. However, it is widely reported that he wants the party to support Christodoulides.
The next one the president fueled by impasse and runaway inflation in reunification talks with Turkish Cypriots on the ethnically divided island labour it faces problems from its disputes to the fallout from corruption scandals and the rise of illegal migration.
Reporting by Michel Cambas; Edited by Jason Neely and Clarence Fernandez
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2023-02-12 11:06:36
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