Matsakis excluded from DIKO ticket

Former deputy and MEP Marios Matsakis has been excluded from the DIKO ticket ahead of May’s parliamentary elections, it emerged on Satuday.

The firebrand politician returned to the party last year to help fight what he described as the the political and economic “tsunami” it was facing.

His return came after a change in DIKO’s leadership, taken over by Nicolas Papadopoulos.

But it also sparked reaction inside the party with many members objecting to him standing as candidate.