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Disy Vice-President Marios Pelekanos<\/strong> said on Thursday his resignation is final, following rumours he would stay on with the party, with many rejecting his decision to leave, after he didn\u2019t receive party support to run in the upcoming EU parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n \u201cMy decision to quit is final and soon we will say more on the reasons I have chosen to quit as vice-president of Disy,\u201d he said, following a flurry of speculation over the matter.<\/p>\n He added that his resignation was not over the vote of the political bureau<\/strong> for the upcoming EU elections, but rather over the behind-the-scenes actions, \u201cwhich were the straw that broke the camel\u2019s back\u201d.<\/p>\n Pelekanos lost in party elections<\/strong> for the party candidacy for the EU parliament, and rumours circulated that the party had voted strategically to exclude him.<\/p>\n In his statement on Thursday, Pelekanos challenged the party to recount the votes to be certain, saying he has no objection.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope that I will not have to respond again to the \u2018bad mouths\u2019 that aim to tarnish my reputation and standing. Cyprus is small and we all know each other well\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n Regardless of Pelekanos\u2019 decision, Disy leadership invited him to have second and cooler thoughts. <\/strong><\/p>\n Indicative is Wednesday\u2019s statement to Politis<\/em> by Disy deputy leader Efthymios Diplaros that he will not accept Pelekanos\u2019 resignation and that he will continue his efforts to dissuade him, acknowledging, however, that so far, the efforts in this direction have not been fruitful.<\/p>\n According to Diplaros, the party leadership is in no hurry to close the whole matter and is giving Pelekanos as much time as he needs to reconsider and make his final decisions.<\/p>\n In this context and in another goodwill gesture towards Pelekanos, the DISY leadership has decided that it will not immediately initiate procedures to fill the position of first vice president, thus giving him more time to recall and continue to contribute to the party from the position to which he was elected only a few months ago.<\/p>\n Follow the Marios Pelekanos, the Vice-President of Disy, has confirmed that his resignation from the party is final. This announcement follows speculation that he might stay on despite his decision to leave after not receiving support from the party to run in the upcoming EU parliamentary elections. Pelekanos clarified that his resignation was not due to the vote of the political bureau for the EU elections but was prompted by behind-the-scenes actions. He lost in the party elections for the EU parliament candidacy, and there were rumors of strategic voting by the party to exclude him. Pelekanos has challenged the party to recount the votes, stating he has no objections. Despite his decision to resign, the Disy leadership has invited him to reconsider, with deputy leader Efthymios Diplaros expressing a desire for Pelekanos to stay. The party leadership is not rushing to close the matter and is not immediately initiating procedures to fill the position of first vice president, giving Pelekanos more time to reconsider his decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3,672,873,153,379,844,250,387,874],"class_list":["post-3117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-cyprus","tag-disy","tag-disy-candidates","tag-elections","tag-eu","tag-eu-elections","tag-google","tag-lost","tag-marios-pelekanos"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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