INVITATION FOR DIALOGUE. In his speech, the President of the Republic addressed a public call for a dialogue focusing on the global crisis. Responding to the speech of the Rector of the University, Professor Konstantinos Christofidis that preceded, the President of the Republic, at the end of his speech, called on the Rector, the Rectorate as a whole and the Senate, "to discuss at a scientific level, the issues of the crisis, of the global crisis, which has both depth and breadth and the crisis is not accidental and has not only hit Cyprus ".
WE DESERVE SOMETHING BETTER. In his previous speech, the Rector of the University Konstantinos Christofidis said, among other things, that "our people and the next generations deserve something better, they deserve more democracy and more accountability, it is a great opportunity through the sadness and the events of summer, to set up something completely new, healthier and more modern ". He said that "we must turn this difficult time into a democratic spring that can lead to the reconstruction of the state, to turn the crisis into an opportunity to reform the spiritual institutions of democracy." The Rector also said that Cyprus, "should to overcome the point of view of the small and weak who looks at the world with awe and introversion, to overcome the syndrome of the persecuted, to measure again her friends to pass to the European centers of thought the reality that the occupation is not over and the vision of a people was not justified. "
He also spoke about the need to "fully and unwaveringly align" with our allies in the EU, to draw up a new national strategy, emphasizing that the centers of power need scientists with knowledge and understanding of how the modern world works and evolves. He spoke in support of the US Alliance, but said that maintaining some independence was important for Russia.
Source: TRUTH