The speech of the President of DISY Averof Neophytou at the highest congress held by the ruling party on Saturday morning is considered decisive and largely a milestone for the pre-election of 2018. Relying on the timeless ideals of DISY, it has now opened a clear war with the middle ground and expressed full support for Nikos Anastasiadis and his manipulations so far, thus showing clear intentions on how the ruling party will move in the 2018 elections.
Realizing the worries and murmurs that have prevailed lately, not only at the base, but also in the corridors of Pindar for deviating from the course of the Alarm from the time of Glafkos Clerides, he quoted the party's positions on foreign policy issues and the Cyprus problem. from the historical text of the founding conference of 1976, thus wanting to send the message to all those concerned, that Averof Neophytos' DISY is the same as that of the historical leader of the alarms, Glafkos Clerides.
Fault with Intermediate
The President of DISY launched a frontal attack against the intermediate space
Averof Neophytou characterizing the tragic heroes of discord. How and why Averof Neophytou wanted to shoot straight arrows at the Center is an issue that is being discussed, as he until today, chose to have his positions against the Intermediate measured and to avoid responding to the shots that mainly DIKO unleashed daily. The truth is that the episode of Nikos Kotzias with Averof Neophytou and Andro Kyprianou seems to have been fully utilized by the Center, as a result of which they raise the issue of the break-up of the President-DISY with Athens on a daily basis.
Averof Neophytou wanted to put an end to the whole issue from the floor of the parliament as the issue took on extensions that even troubled the alarming world, recalling the timeless ideals and values of DISY. "They pretend that they forgot, that they persecuted the nationalism in Cyprus. She was persecuted by them. And it is Glafkos Clerides who, with the establishment of the Democratic Alarm, protected the nationalism in Cyprus, but also the idea of Greece.
"They pretend to have forgotten the time when they submitted and burned the Greek flags and insulted everything Greek," he said, noting that they forgot that a few months ago they were protesting against Greece outside the Greek embassy in Nicosia. With these positions, Averof Neophytou made it clear that the period of his tolerance towards the intermediate space has passed and that he is ready for a tough war.
Message to alarmists with excerpts from the party statute
DISY President Averof Neophytou sent a message at the same time as his speech to the alarmists who either publicly or unofficially express or have concerns about the party's course around the Cyprus issue. Using the text from the party's founding statute in 1976, for the party's positions in foreign policy on relations with Greece and the Cyprus issue, he wanted to make it clear that the party of the Right did not lose the path shown by Glafkos Clerides but adheres literally to the positions and principles held by the party under the leadership of their historical leader.
"I do not look back at the history of political controversy. However, I consider it our duty today to turn to our heritage and our ancestry. "Only in this way will we be able to face the future with the strong direction given to us by our legacies," he said, noting that the text adopted at the 1976 congress is the party's compass and "continues to determine the course of our great historical faction." .
Pre-election in Anastasiadis
Finally, the President of DISY did not fail to emphasize the full support and coexistence of the party with the manipulations of Nikos Anastasiadis not only in the Cyprus issue but also in general to praise the work of the government. Averof Neophytou underlined what Nikos Anastasiadis has managed to achieve so far and what can still be achieved with the Anastasiadis government, largely laying the carpet of the election campaign. He praised the work of Nikos Anastasiadis in Geneva, noting the importance of this conference for the course of the Cyprus issue.
Avoiding putting a timeline around the solution he spoke of a myth cultivated by some with dichotomy. "We do not compromise with the occupation. We do not reconcile with the divided homeland. We do not compromise with the status quo. True patriotism is the guarantee of the survival of the Cypriot Hellenism in the land of its fathers and this presupposes the coexistence with the Turkish Cypriots.
That is why the real patriots must fight! " mentioned features. "But we are also sending a thunderous message of support to the President of the Republic. Nikos Anastasiadis we are by your side! Fulfilling our national destiny is the greatest mission you could have! And we will not let anyone undermine this national effort! Next to you, for the shaving to come to this place! " concluded Averof Neophytou, opening his election campaign to a large extent 18.
Source: KATHIMERINI