24th AKEL Congress Strength and unity for the future held at Eleftheria Indoor hall in Nicosia.

Dozens of delegates participated in the discussion on AKEL’s positions and actions on all issues that concern our society, as well as on the more general developments in our country and the rest of the world.

It continued with election of the new AKEL Central Committee.

The 24th Congress of AKEL elected the new 120-member Central Committee of the Party.

Honouring members of the Central Committee and the Audit Committee of AKEL, who have completed 50 years of uninterrupted party activity. Speaking on behalf of the honorees was the former General Secretary of AKEL, Andros Kyprianou.

The Re-election of Stefanos Stefanos as the Secretary General of AKEL took place
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One candidacy was submitted, Stefanos Stefanos 810 delegates participated in the vote and Supported the candidacy 781 – 96.4% Did not support: 29 – 3.6%

Let’s move forward, together, with strength for the future” | With the ceremonial re-election of Stefanos Stefanos as the Party’s General Secretary, the proceedings of the 24th Congress were concluded “The message that our Congress sends from end to end is that AKEL is here, united, strong, fully prepared for the struggles that lie ahead. Now and always!” declared the re-elected Secretary General of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanos, closing the proceedings of the 24th Party Congress.

AKEL Congress Declaration on the Cyprus Issue

“The immediate period of time will determine the course of the Cyprus Issue and our increasing concern about the risk of a final partition makes our immediate and dynamic reaction necessary,” states the Declaration on the Cyprus Issue, which was unanimously approved by the 24th AKEL Congress.
At the same time, the Party addresses with its Declaration a call to the forces of the solution and to the two communities to stand firm against any dangerous tactics.

The AKEL Declaration underlines that “the main responsibility for the decades-long failure to resolve the Cyprus problem lies with Turkey, which carried out the illegal invasion in 1974 and continues to maintain wuth occupying troops on the island, blatantly violating the independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus”. At the same time, criticizing the policies and actions of N. Anastasiades and N. Christodoulides,

AKEL reiterates that the only way offered to confront the Turkish methods is “our consistent insistence on the agreed basis for a solution and on the preservation of the negotiated acquis in its entirety”. The Party also reiterates its positions and proposals for the actions that, in its opinion, should be taken in the coming period.

The Declaration proclaims that “AKEL, drawing strength from the sovereign people who desire and have the right to prosper in a free homeland, will continue to struggle against the status quo.”

Source: Parikiaki.com