Averov is optimistic: We don't just accept going to the second round

"We will be first in the first round and winners in the second"

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We will be first in the first round and winners in the second, declared on Thursday night the candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, President of DISY, Averof Neophytou, adding that the world is the most valid poll and will prove it on February 5 and confirm it on February 12.

Speaking at the final pre-election gathering at the Filoxenia Conference Center in Nicosia, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, the Speaker of the Parliament, Annita Dimitriou, Government Ministers, DISY executives and his supporters, Mr. Neofytou used the petition that Ioannis Kasoulidis had done in 2008 when he was a candidate, saying that "indeed the barrier of fear has broken, the wave of support is growing".

"And the wave started in Paralimni and in free Famagusta, it became a river in Paphos and Larnaca and a rushing stream in Limassol, and tonight it became a sea, a sea of ​​people, here in Nicosia" he continued.

Messages in favor of Mr. Neophytos' candidacy were sent from the podium by the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, the Deputy President of the Democratic Alarm, Haris Georgiadis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulidis, while recorded messages were sent by the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, EPP President Manfred Weber, EPP Vice President Johannes Hahn and EPP Youth President MEP Lidia Pereira.

Mr. Neophytou stated that Nicosia is ready, has rolled up its sleeves and is giving the message of victory tonight. The mobilization of the last few weeks and especially the last few days is unique and unrepeatable, he said. He added that Nicosia tonight voted and said "yes" to security, stability and perspective.

In his speech, Averof Neofytou noted that "we don't just accept going to the second round. We will be first in the first round and winners in the second round." We will succeed, he said, because we have soul, conscience, heart, principles, because we believe in our ideas, we believe in our country", he added.

Addressing his supporters, Mr. Neofytou said that "you are the most valid poll and you will prove it on February 5th and you will confirm it on February 12th".

Nicosia, he added, emerged as a center of research, innovation, education and excellence. He said that hundreds of projects in municipalities and communities highlighted the beauty, character of the city and the countryside.

We achieved all this together, he said, but they could not have been realized without the responsible Government and the practical contribution of the Government of Nikos Anastasiadis, with support from the Democratic Alarm.

Mr. Neophytou stated that Glaukos Cleridis founded the modern state and achieved the greatest success of Cypriot Hellenism since 1960, joining our country to united Europe.

He also stated that President Anastasiades managed three consecutive crises. "You brought us out of bankruptcy, you rebuilt the economy on a solid foundation, you reformed the country with reforms that had no precedent and you are delivering the plan for the next day, your own dowry, the recovery fund of four and a half billion," he said, addressing the President of Democracy.

Mr. Neophytou noted that in these elections "someone tried to reduce us, they dared to play with our dignity, they tried to split our historical faction. They miscalculated because they never knew and never experienced the Democratic Alarm and its world."

Today, he said, is not a time for failures, experimentation and stunts. I am sure, he said, that you will not hand over the keys of government, neither to those who bankrupted us, nor to an "unarmed consortium" who thought they could break up the proud world of the Democratic Alarm.

He called on the world of the faction to embrace, as he said, the citizens from all political areas and those Alarmists who had had other thoughts, but today "are joining us. Make them feel like they are back in their own home. In the battle of our Cyprus and our ideas, no one is spared".

For his part, the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, said that in recent days he has been criticized for the multitude of inaugurations and the laying of foundation stones.

“I'm sorry to upset them, but tonight I will send them another invitation for the laying of the foundation stone on Sunday. We will build the new Presidency with Averof Neophytou and I will also invite them to the inauguration on the 12th of the month, when Averov will enter the Presidency triumphant to hand over the Presidency to him," he said.

He added that there are also some who think that with nihilism they will neutralize what the whole people records. It was not for a portion of the people, he continued, it was not for the Democratic Alarm, "it was for the Cypriot people and that is what we achieved in the decade".

Mr. Anastasiadis, addressing the supporters of Mr. Neofytos' candidacy, emphasized that "to lay a foundation stone, I need materials and you will bring them, you are the ones who in the time we have left will create the conditions for laying the foundations and the inauguration will take place on the 12th of the month".

The President stated that Cyprus lived through the chaos, overcame it and it is not the time for experiments. "We have all lived and experienced the variant of bankruptcy. We don't need to repeat it with experiments or omissions," he said.

At the same time, addressing the supporters of Averof Neophytos, the President of the Republic asked if they want "continuation of stability and progress?" Yes or no?"

"Do you want our state to be financially sound, to be financially stable, to have a fiscal policy? Do you want foreign investors with hundreds of millions to continue to trust us? Do you want new jobs for our young people? Do you want us to continue our reform agenda?' he wondered, to answer that there is no other choice than Mr. Neophytos.