Nikos Christodoulidis became the 8th President of the Republic of Cyprus. He was elected with a percentage of 51.97%, and despite the initial signs of a “walk” in the second round, no matter who his opponent was, it became clear that Andreas Mavroyiannis had gathered a progressive vote around him, receiving a considerable percentage of the vote. 48.03%.

The victory of Nikos Christodoulidis has its own significance and causes new events in the political arena of the country. He fought his first general election battle and managed to rise to the highest office. He managed to get elected with the story that he comes from the society itself, forcing the Center parties to crawl after him and conquer the party mechanisms of the two main parties, causing a major split in DISY.

Thus, the next day, the new president clashes with both major parties for the first time. But there are questions about how he will manage the forces of the Center, given that they not only have serious political differences with each other, but also have to deal with a number of internal party difficulties. Thus, his election demonstrates that he will have to strike a delicate balance in order to manage, while his first bet he will make, and the seal of his government, will be the formation of his government and what kind of people he will choose around myself. From the next day, he will have to spend a very difficult day on the Cyprus issue, to convince the international actor of his will to solve the Cyprus issue, to clearly cope with the difficulties that follow in the economy, and, of course, to prove that he is ready to fight the confusion from its root.

Minister’s rate

Nikos Christodoulidis has kept his papers private all this time about what he thinks about forming his cabinet. He only announced that 50% would be women, but he did not talk about his thoughts with anyone from his inner circle and did not consult on positions. According to sources both from the cooperating parties and from his own staff, it is emphasized that they did not discuss the separation of ministries. Therefore, in the near future it will become clear whether the slogan of “civil society” will be reflected in the ministerial structure, or whether it will follow the beaten path of sharing positions with the parties that supported it. It will also be interesting if he will be part of the new ministerial duty headquarters, given that Mr. Christodoulidis mentioned in his interview with K that he is in contact with the duty headquarters.

DISY in opposition

However, even if Nikos Christodoulidis stressed before the elections that he would open doors for cooperation with DISY, the Politburo’s decision confirms that the party will be in opposition. The intensity of the opposition will, of course, depend on the next day in the party and the formation of a new leadership. The tension that existed between the first and second Sunday, when Averof Neophyte’s close core was working for the candidacy of Mavroyiannis, showed that the next day and any consultation process would not be easy. This, of course, will depend on who is at the forefront of the alert. Elections for the new leadership will take place on March 11, and leaders such as Georgiadis and Dimitriou have already announced their intention to run for president. However, there was also a clear disagreement of such leaders as Nikos Tornaritis, Nikos Nuris, Ionas Nikolaou, with the position of Averof Neofitou. This intensified after Efthymios Diplaros raised the issue of responsibility, but also misrepresented Kaita Cleridou’s attitude towards Nikos Anastasiadis. About Kaitis Cleridou, who raised the issue of corruption by the Anastasiadis government and on Sunday was on the side of Averof Neofit to exercise his right to vote. This conflict between Anastasiadis and Averov is expected to escalate at the pre-election conference, and it is possible that the new president, who was voted by a vast majority of DISY in the second round, will play a role in who becomes president. He will definitely look for leadership who will not directly confront him, even in matters of accounts.

Thus, the degree of opposition to DISY will depend on who will be at the helm of the party. The only thing you can be sure of is that AKEL will again be in opposition. There it will become clear how good a result AKEL will strengthen its opposition role with the goal of having a chance of being elected in the next five years, or whether it will follow the role of an observer.

“Immortal”

The big question, of course, is how he will govern with a small minority of parties in parliament. DIKO, EDEK and DIPA have already celebrated the victory of Nikos Christodoulidis, but they cannot accept bills on their own. The point is not only in their number in parliament, but also in the serious inner-party problems that have been arising all this time. In particular, EDEK has to deal with its own serious intra-party problems, as Marinos Sizopoulos appears to be the president in question and now only has the support of Andreas Apostolos, especially after the removal of Kostis Efstatiou, who publicly supported Giorgos Kolokasidis. Perhaps there will be new socialist movements that will put Mr. Sizopoulos in a difficult position. The question for the DIKO-DIPA parties is whether they can work together, or in an attempt to dominate the party chessboard, they will be engulfed in political antagonism, adding to the difficulties of the government.