The parliamentary elections held on Sunday produced a number of \u2018firsts\u2019 for South Cyprus, none of which are good for the minority Democratic Rally (DISY) administration or the main opposition Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), according to the article published in the internet newspaper \u201cIn- Cyprus.\u201d
\nAnother shock was the record number of abstentions \u2013 32.63% \u2014 which helped change the shape of South Cyprus politics, the newspaper stressed. \u201cIt is the first time in recent history that the two biggest parties received considerably less than two-thirds of the vote. Final results gave them a combined 56.36%\u201330.69% for DISY and 25.67% for AKEL.\u201d
\nThis is a far cry from the 67% that they have been used to and reflects general dissatisfaction with what the main parties had to offer\u201d.
\n\u201cIn-Cyprus\u201d also stressed that, related to the drop in support for the main parties, it is the first time that so many parties (eight) will be represented in South Cyprus parliament.
\nTough for the economy and the Cyprus problem:
\nAccording to \u201cIn-Cyprus\u201d, things are not going to be easy for DISY because, at the time of writing, it looked like DISY will have dropped one seat to 19, from the previous 20.
\n\u201cAnother first, therefore, is that the administration of the day will need the support of at least three parties to get legislation through \u2013 unless there is an unlikely grand coalition with AKEL.
\nRelying on at least three parties will make it tough to pass economy-related legislation, such as the reform of public-sector wages and related rules on merit-based promotions.
\n>With all the smaller parties against the administration \u2013 DISY and AKEL support the peace process \u2013 there will be little unity on efforts to solve the Cyprus problem.\u201d
\nOn the other hand, representation of the far\u2013right ELAM in the parliament for the first time is the biggest shock of the election according to the newspaper. Despite efforts to keep them out by increasing the threshold, they scraped past it with 3.71% of the vote.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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