Tenth candidate for president throws hat in the ring

Thirty seven-year-old independent Charalambos Aristotelous has announced his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections, making him the tenth candidate so far.

“This is a personal initiative embraced by the forces of the extra-parliamentary left as well as the parliamentary left,” Aristotelous told Vouli.TV on Monday night.

He studied political sciences at Sofia University and was a president of a youth and a student organisation in Bulgaria.

Andreas Mavroyiannis, who is the Akel candidate, met with the Green Party on Tuesday to exchange views on a variety of topics including the Cyprus problem, the economy and the environment. After the meeting, Green Party leader Charalambos Theopeptou said the discussion was constructive and expressed his wish to continue contacts.

Independent candidate and lawyer Marios Eliades met with Diko’s secretariat on Tuesday to explore the possibility of electoral cooperation. Diko is expected to make a decision about the presidential elections in two weeks.