(Story refiled with correction in fourth paragraph reflecting the position of candidate Alexios Savvides against a bizonal bicommunal federal solution)
Another four citizens officially submitted their candidacies on Thursday for the highest office of the Republic of Cyprus, by submitting their papers at Filoxenia Conference Center.
Presidential candidate, Charalambos Aristotelous, following the submission of his candidacy today, said that he proposes an alternative way for development, based on short-term policies, and consequently short-term ones. He explained that short-term policies concern farmers, employees and self-employed and young people in particularly.
Julia Hovrina Komninos said that, if elected she will give her salary to charity. In her statement after submitting her candidacy for the presidential elections, she also said that it is time of the people of Cyprus to choose a leader for the following five years and added that her priorities include the Cyprus problem, the fight against corruption, supporting the national produce and industries and protecting motherhood and children.
Alexios Savvides, following the submission of he candidac, expressed his support to a solution for the Cyprus problem not within the framework of Bizonal Bicommunal Federation, but as a unitary state without armies. He added that minimum full-time wage should be €1,300 and the minimum pension should be at €1,000. “There should be no asylum seekers, as long as there are hungry Cypriots,” he added.
On his part, Andronikos Zervides, expressed his wish to sign the solution of the Cyprus problem, as well. He added that he has prepared “a 77-page manifesto, about how we can come up with solutions for almost any of the many problems our country faces.”
Source: Cyprus News Agency