21st Congress of the Progressive Party for the Working People (AKEL) of Cyprus was held in Nicosia from November 25-28. The theme is "The struggle of the Left and the struggles of the peoples for peace and security against the imperialist order". 1,590 delegates attended the conference.
The Congress assesed the previous five-year period whose central reference point and most significant development was the election of Demetris Christofias to the Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus. The Congress has also set out the general guidelines of policies, goals and struggles in the five-year period ahead. Given the Christofias administration and crucial phase of the Cyprus problem, the 21st Congress of AKEL assumes a special importance
Due to the very significant role AKEL plays in the political affairs of the country, the 21st Congress takes on a broader significance for Cyprus and our people, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The decisions of the 21st Congress are anticipated with great interest by the entire political spectrum and Cypriot society. Its decisions are awaited with interest also by all from abroad not only involved in one way or another with the Cyprus problem.
Cyprus is not isolated from the rest of the world. In a world where the Left and the forces of labour are under a full-frontal attack by the forces of conservatism and capital, Cyprus today has a President coming from AKEL and the Party of the working people is a ruling party. This fact attaches an international and European dimension to the 21st Congress of AKEL, in the sense that the progressive Left forces in Europe and the world are following developments in Cyprus with interest and welcome every success of the Cypriot Left as their own victory too.
Andros Kyprianou was elected the party general secretary on the closing day. 105-member Central Committee too was elected by the congress. The 21st conference was attended by left-wing and communist parties from other parts of the world, including Cuba, Palestine, Portugal and Russia.
Theses presented at the conference can be had from http://www.akel.org.cy/media/21st%20Congress/21st_AKEL_CONGRESS_THESIS.pdf
The Congress assesed the previous five-year period whose central reference point and most significant development was the election of Demetris Christofias to the Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus. The Congress has also set out the general guidelines of policies, goals and struggles in the five-year period ahead. Given the Christofias administration and crucial phase of the Cyprus problem, the 21st Congress of AKEL assumes a special importance
Due to the very significant role AKEL plays in the political affairs of the country, the 21st Congress takes on a broader significance for Cyprus and our people, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The decisions of the 21st Congress are anticipated with great interest by the entire political spectrum and Cypriot society. Its decisions are awaited with interest also by all from abroad not only involved in one way or another with the Cyprus problem.
Cyprus is not isolated from the rest of the world. In a world where the Left and the forces of labour are under a full-frontal attack by the forces of conservatism and capital, Cyprus today has a President coming from AKEL and the Party of the working people is a ruling party. This fact attaches an international and European dimension to the 21st Congress of AKEL, in the sense that the progressive Left forces in Europe and the world are following developments in Cyprus with interest and welcome every success of the Cypriot Left as their own victory too.
Andros Kyprianou was elected the party general secretary on the closing day. 105-member Central Committee too was elected by the congress. The 21st conference was attended by left-wing and communist parties from other parts of the world, including Cuba, Palestine, Portugal and Russia.
Theses presented at the conference can be had from http://www.akel.org.cy/media/21st%20Congress/21st_AKEL_CONGRESS_THESIS.pdf
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