NICOSIA, June 4 – Cyprus lawmakers chose Annita Demetriou for another term as parliamentary speaker during Thursday’s voting, with the results offering early signals about political alliances taking shape before the 2028 presidential race.
While Cyprus operates under a presidential government structure, parliamentary coalition patterns often reflect broader voting tendencies across the nation.
Demetriou, who leads the right-wing Democratic Rally party, secured her position through support from her own party along with backing from the Democratic Party, a centrist organization that supports current President Nikos Christodoulides, and Direct Democracy, a grassroots movement established by a social media personality.
Following the May 24 parliamentary elections, two political parties that had been backing Christodoulides’s government – the socialist EDEK and centrist Dipa – lost their legislative representation. This leaves the Democratic Party as the sole group in parliament currently aligned with Christodoulides.
