Nicosia, Cyprus. The government will cooperate with all political parties where there is alignment on its policy agenda, Director of the president’s press office Victor Papadopoulos said on Tuesday after Sunday’s parliamentary elections. He said the result was democratic and should be respected, even though Edek and Dipa did not win seats in parliament.
Election result
Papadopoulos said the President of the Republic had already stated that the election result was democratic and fully respected. He said the elected representatives were chosen by the electorate to represent the Cypriot people in the House of Representatives, adding that the government would work with everyone for the good of Cyprus, as it has since the president’s election.
Policy direction
Papadopoulos said the result appeared to show broad public support for the government’s ideological direction. He said the overwhelming majority of the Cypriot people appeared to approve of the government’s political direction, which he described as social liberalism with a European and western orientation for the country.
Parliamentary cooperation
He said cooperation would continue at all levels with all parties where positions overlap on government priorities, as well as on other legislation and policy proposals brought before parliament. Papadopoulos pointed to previous cooperation on issues including tax reform and migration policy, saying these had already advanced through parliamentary majorities with similar ideological positions.
Edek and Dipa
Asked whether the absence of Edek and Dipa from parliament could create short-term difficulties for the government, Papadopoulos described their failure to enter the House as unfair. He said both parties missed the threshold by only a few hundred votes and added that their contribution over many years to Cypriot society and political life had been constructive.