His election in the Municipal elections of 2011 caused a sensation throughout Cyprus, since for the first time the official candidate of DISY. in Paralimni was forced to defeat. "But Andreas Evangelou did not lose by accident", this was the first answer of a friend of mine from Paralimni, as the writer does not come from Paralimni but only enjoys it every summer.
The truth is that this unconventional politician made me feel both pre-election and post-election.
In the run-up to the election, the man had really given a shit. With the main slogan the word 'claim', the people of Paralimni were promised a revolutionary policy without compromises and concessions.
So presenting a complete proposal that would be the envy of even the best communicators, this unconventional politician, or according to a friend of mine, this strange guy with the great political and physical displacement managed to win an electoral battle that in the cafes and supermarkets of Paralimni she was lost to him.
Post-election, as is usually the case with most local rulers, the murmur began early. As far as it became known, his relatives cut him off in the morning, some of his best men regretted voting for him and dozens of other people from Paralimni turned their backs on him. The guy told them early on that "sluts cut".
I personally looked for the answers on Saturday mornings, when I usually enjoy my coffee with friends from Paralimni. Some told me that he stayed in the 'will', some told me that the guy does not have good marketing, some told me that he refused to help them in personal matters and some others told me that Theodoros is so straight that he is not influenced by anyone. He proceeds alone towards the goal.
So the reasonable question is, what is the ultimate goal? I got the answer immediately. "This man has only two goals. First, the development of the Province of Famagusta and to stop the occupants of the high rooms of Nicosia to look down on Paralimni and the entire free Province of Famagusta, and second to implement major projects. He is not interested in the small, the simple, the communicative ".
These few words of a friend from Paralimni stuck in my memory. And they came back the day before yesterday when I heard the financial contribution of the government in the Province of Famagusta, amounting to 95 million. . I looked for answers again and heard this unique from a friend from Nicosia. "Instead of having Pyrillis against you, it is better to have everyone else. Man is a political roller coaster. "
And then they told me a story the day the issue of Protaras marina was discussed in the House of Representatives. It is said that even the corridors of the Parliament are shaken even that for the first time in the annals of the Parliament the Mayor appeared so dynamic and even aggressive, not hesitating to utter even threats if the project does not proceed. Of course the sequel is known. Where no one expected the project took its course.
And I wonder the ignorant. Ultimately which type of politician is ultimately more beneficial. That of the cautious type with the sardonic smile that deals daily with the little ones, the inauguration, the facebook, the caresses, the many contacts with the voters and the like or that of the political roller who does not look right - left except the big goal. Probably the second.
Are you saying that we need any such guy for the Cyprus issue? In my personal opinion YES.