
Akel held its 24th Pancyprian conference at the weekend, electing a new central committee and re-electing its leader Stefanos Stefanou with 96.4 per cent of the vote. This was a mobilisation of the party membership as preparations begin for the parliamentary elections that will be held in 11 months.
What was evident was that the party will contest these elections with the familiar slogans and rhetoric about the class struggle,