Will the House of Representatives dissolve or not? The proposal for dissolution is submitted by the Movement of Ecologists and the independent MP Anna Theologou and the decision so far appears to be on the plate, as there seems to be a "tie" between those who are in favor and those who are against, with a factor of "x" the three MPs of Democratic Cooperation, which have not yet been placed.
Movement of Ecologists and independent MP, Anna Theologou, jointly submit the draft decision for self-dissolution of the Parliament, resignation of the Government and holding elections on November 29, on the occasion of the involvement of a member of parliament and the resigned Speaker of Parliament in the "golden scandal" .
DISY, EDEK, Movement of Ecologists, ELAM and the independent Anna Theologou have already made statements or announcements in favor of the proposal. AKEL, DIKO, Citizens' Alliance, Solidarity Movement against. It is expected that during today's plenary session, the stance of the Democratic Cooperation will be clarified and, consequently, whether or not early parliamentary elections will be called.
Today, the Parliament convenes in the first session of the Plenary Session after the resignation of Dimitris Syllouris (Solidarity Movement) from the presidency after the report of Al Jazeera on the issue of naturalizations, as well as the MP Christakis Tziovanis (AKEL). According to the agenda, today at 1100 the new MPs will be assured, Giannakis Gabriel for AKEL, which occupies the seat in Famagusta, and Roula Georgiadi for the Solidarity Movement, which enters Parliament after the vacancy of the seat. The new Speaker of Parliament is Adamos Adamou (AKEL-Left-New Forces), who succeeds D. Syllouris with the consent of all parties except ELAM.
The positions of the parties
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His MP Of the Ecologists 'Movement - Citizens' Cooperation George Perdikis, had stated explaining their decision to request self-dissolution of the Parliament, that with the proposal for self-dissolution "until November 11 the new Parliament will meet, so that it can examine the budgets and possibly rejecting them, lead the government to early presidential elections ".
He called for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held for this and submitted a relevant resolution to the Plenary Session of the Parliament, with which the Parliament will request the resignation of the government.
Positive in the perspective of self-dissolution of the Parliament and holding of early parliamentary elections, he stated on Thursday the President of the Democratic Alarm, Averof Neophytou.
"Our position," he said specifically, "on the issue of early parliamentary elections is positive. However, we would not like another issue in the canister of party rivalry in what the country is experiencing. That is why, even if there is a broad consensus, DISY takes a positive position, taking the message of society ".
He noted that "the parliament is almost paralyzed regardless of when it dissolves", saying that important reform bills are pending, concerning - not only issues related to cleansing - such as bills to create independent anti-corruption bodies, but there are reform bills for Local Government and reform bills for the Public Service.
"Political speakers are all sent off and I do not see that these important issues with this climate, despite our will, to move forward, there is political ground," he said.
Summing up, Mr. Neophytou wished that a broad consensus prevail and that a consensus with a broad consensus be found.
The AKEL Through the Spokesman Stefanos Stefanos, he stated that his party's position regarding the proposal for self-dissolution of the Parliament is clear: President Anastasiadis and his government should resign.
"President Anastasiadis and his government have the main and decisive responsibility for the" golden "passport scandal that was set up in Cyprus. President Anastasiadis and his government have the main and decisive responsibility, because the European Commission sat Cyprus in the seat of the accused. "When the President assumes his responsibilities and resigns, then we should also talk about the Parliament and its responsibilities", he said.
He opposed it with an announcement and statements of its President DIKO. "As DIKO, we do not understand why some people submit a request for the resignation of the Parliament, without setting as a condition the resignation of the President of the Republic and the Government who spread corruption.
"I hope that the rapporteurs of the proposal understand that in this way, they eliminate the only obstacle that the DISY government has at the moment, in covering up the entanglement", was his position.
If the majority of the Parliament consents and approves the early elections on its part EDEK there is no objection, the party said in a statement. The party's position is the possible self-dissolution to take place after the budget vote is completed.
Η Alliance of Citizens, regarding the proposal of political forces for self-dissolution of the Parliament, against the background of Al Jazeera's revelations about the abuses of the naturalization program made by officials, stresses that at a time when we are flooded with entanglement scandals, let us not be flooded with populism and demagogy , is the position of the party.
With only a few months left to complete the term of the current parliament, this proposal seems to be devoid of substance. If there were 1-2 years left in the said Parliament, then this proposal would be essential, he noted.
The Solidarity Movement opposes the self-dissolution of the Parliament and the announcement of early elections, considering, as he stated in his announcement that "the intentions for early elections are evil" and that they will not lead to the renewal of the Parliament, but to the re-election of the same people. He expressed the view that "if we want to be fair to both the people and the current political ethics, we can hold elections earlier than May 2021, but not now."
The COME M, according to his announcement, stated that if there is a broader consensus to give the floor to the people, then he declares his agreement with the self-dissolution of the Parliament.
Source: KYPE