Democratic Rally (DISY) President Annita Demetriou was re-elected on Thursday President of the House of Representatives.
Demetriou secured 29 votes at the second round of voting in the plenary (17 votes from DISY, 8 from Democratic Party (DIKO) and 4 from Direct Democracy).
Her opponent, AKEL General Secretary Stefanos Stefanou received 19 votes (AKEL’s 15 votes and Alma’s 4 votes). ELAM MPs abstained in this round.
Earlier, in the first round of voting, Demetriou secured 21 votes (17 from DISY and 4 from Direct Democracy), while Stefanou received 19 votes, AKEL’s 15 and the 4 votes from the MPs of the “Alma-Citizens for Cyprus” movement.
DIKO President Nikolas Papadopoulos, who received his party’s 8 votes, and ELAM President Christos Christou, who also received the 8 votes from his party, did not qualify for the second round.
The session took place under the Chairmanship of the oldest MP, Zacharias Koulias. It began with the confirmation of the 56 MPs and representatives of the three religious groups.