DIKO: Papadopoulos is fine

D.I.K.O. yesterday rubbished rumours claiming its leader Tassos Papadopoulos could not speak due to a throat condition, which required an operation.

“As we said before the president is suffering from acute laryngitis together with a heavy cold,” Papadopoulos’ spokesman Marios Karojian told the Cyprus Mail.

Papadopoulos has not commented on any of the recent developments concerning the presidential elections – President Glafcos Clerides seeking re-election as well as Attorney-general Alecos Markides’ decision to run — sparking rumours he was suffering from a throat condition that forced him to travel abroad for surgery.

Karojian said doctors have recommended that Papadopoulos not strain his voice and assured that in a few days he would be okay to express his views.

Papadopoulos arrived on the island on Sunday and yesterday celebrated his 69th birthday in the company of television cameras, Karojian said.

“For those who really care about the president’s health, they can rest assured that he is okay and in a few days he will be able to speak and express his views,” Karojian said.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.