I have seen that there are elections in Cyprus on February and I would like to ask what the policies of the presidential elects are. I searched for Christodoulides but didn’t see much. Topics which interest me the most are the further dialogue with the Turkish Cypriots and energy.

Here are the polling results :


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  2. They all have the same plan: steal money laundry money and nepotism. That’s the Cypriot politician unbreakable triple rule. Everything else is just noise

  5. If what’s important for you is dialogue with the Turkish Cypriots and energy then your candidate is 100% Mavroyiannis.

    Mavroyiannis supports actually exploiting our natural gas resources, instead of letting them sit there doing nothing for a decade like the current DISY government has done, and also investing into green energy. He also wants these new energy exploitations and investments to go towards social goals (into a public fund for the Cypriot people) as opposed to the pockets of local or even foreign business executives. On that front he is backed by the Ecologists and AKEL which both support all of these positions.

    With regards to dialogue, Mavroyiannis is a career diplomat with a good track record and respect in the field of diplomacy internationally, as well as a good attitude towards the TC community; certainly much much better than Averof or Christodoulides, not only as individuals but as members of the DISY party and government (yes, technically Christodoulides is not officially part of either anymore, but so far he has completely failed to openly and decisively break with DISY or its government, not only on this issue but in general; on the contrary, he UPHOLDS the current government as extremely successful, so what are we to when expect from him?). On the front of dialogue and a solution Mavroyiannis is backed by AKEL, which has a long history of actively supporting negotiations, rapprochement with the TCs, and reunification, as well other progressives.

    About stealing and laundering money and nepotism that another comment mentioned, well, the issue in Cyprus is not just individual but systemic, so I can’t in good faith say Mavroyiannis will get rid of it entirely unless he does something very radical, but you can’t seriously expect Averof or Christodoulides to be better since, again, they are simply successors of the current extremely corrupt and nepotistic government (again, despite Christodoulides’ sham act as an “independent”; he fully upholds the current government despite their countless political and diplomatic scandals). Mavroyiannis on the other hand actually seems like he could be better than your average cleptocrat, since he seems like an honest and well intentioned person, he is fairly an outsider to the current political establishment, and he is taking a fairly strong MORAL stance against corruption and nepotism. But whether he will be able to tackle the endemic corruption in the Cypriot system PRACTICALLY speaking, even if he wants to, is another issue, because as I mentioned before that would likely require some radical policies.

    You can find Mavroyiannis’ programme in full in the other comment which linked all of the main candidates’ programmes.

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