Annita Demetriou re-elected as House President

Disy leader Annita Demetriou was on Thursday elected as House president for a second time, receiving the votes of 29 of the 56 members of the new parliament as it opened for the first time after last month’s election.

Under the new, simplified rules for the election of a House president, Demetriou would have required only a simple majority of votes from her peers in the election’s second round. However, having secured the support of two other parties, in addition to her own, she nonetheless...