Accusations of External Interference In Democratic Process
There have been “interventions” in both the Presidential elections and the UBP National Congress, deputy for the People’s Party (HP) Kudret Özersay said on social media. “External interventions in institutions and election processes gradually narrow the field of politics in the country and make politics meaningless,” he added. Noting that it was not up to […]
Halting Elections Disrespects The Turkish Cypriots
Responding to the decision to postpone the leadership contest of the ruling UBP for ten months in the middle of the election process, Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Secretary-General Erdogan Sorakın said, “The national Unity Party’s cosy atmosphere and irresponsible actions are the greatest disrespect to the Turkish Cypriot people.“ Sorakın’s statement is as follows: “In […]
Acting UBP Leader Explains Why PM Contest Postponed
UBP Secretary-General Ersan Saner, who has been temporarily appointed as leader of the UBP and Prime Minister made a statement following the controversial decision to postpone the second round of the leadership contest for ten months. He said that the two deputies who were due to go head to head in the second round of […]
South Reports 233 New Cases Of Coronavirus
South Cyprus reported 233 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday following 3,756 tests performed in the previous 24 hours. The total number of cases in the south has risen to 5,333. Meanwhile, in North Cyprus, Health Minister Dr Ali Pilli said that seven cases of coronavirus had been detected on Thursday out of 1,237 tests […]