Former Well being Minister and architect of the island’s normal well being system George Pamborides appears to be the 2023 presidential election candidate to be supported by fundamental opposition Akel celebration.
That is what insiders instructed Philenews following the left-wing celebration’s central committee assembly which centered on potential candidates and alliances.
One other resolution taken by the Central Committee on Saturday supplies no help to the candidacy of ruling Disy candidate Averof Neophytou but additionally that of former overseas minister Nikos Christodoulides whose announcement is imminent.
An insider stated the ultimate resolution doesn’t rule out the potential for a former minister of the Nicos Anastasiades administration to be a potential runner for Akel.
And this strengthens excessive hypothesis that Pamborides is a severe candidate into consideration – although there are central committee members opposing that.
On the similar time, the proposal submitted in writing that celebration leaders from different opposition events and potential allies within the upcoming election to be excluded from consideration results in one other conclusion.
The conclusion is that Akel removes even from dialogue the identify of centre Diko chief Nicolas Papadopoulos as a potential joint candidate of the 2 events. A improvement which creates new info within the dialogue anticipated to begin with different events shortly.