Kirdag: I will be a candidate if I get financial sponsorship

Turkish Cypriot perpetual candidate Arif Salih Kirdag on Friday said he will once again stand to be Turkish Cypriot leader in October if he can garner financial sponsorship to do so.

Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he said the north’s ruling coalition’s plans to require candidates to amass 1,500 signatures to get their name on the ballot is a lesser obstacle than the financial discrepancy between the north’s largest political