The process of electing the new Speaker of Parliament and the support of his party was commented on by the president of ELAM, Christos Christou, on the show Mesimeri kai Kati.
Asked why he withdrew his candidacy in the second phase of the vote, Mr. Christou replied that the deputies "had the authority to handle the situation exactly as the vote would unfold. In the second phase, it became clear that our candidacy would not receive additional votes and would be dynamic. At the same time, we watched that the General Secretary of AKEL managed to secure 18 votes, as a result of which it was interpreted by us that there was a high probability that the parties in the center would support AKEL ".
He added that, in our judgment, we had to block the road to the General Secretary of AKEL, which we achieved with the vote in favor of Ms. Dimitriou and that was the first reason and the second is that in the face of Ms. Dimitriou, I believe that she is not personally involved in any scandal from what we know so far.
Asked if DIPA forwarded its proposal to ELAM, Mr. Christou said that in the previous days they had not consulted with any party.
Regarding the reports that ELAM is the crutch of DISY, Mr. Christou replied that "in any case, our party takes decisions. According to the data, those who accuse it have given support to the current Government on many other issues. Like the National Question and immigration. In previous years, we supported party proposals from all areas. "
Source: Sigmalive