Four senior DEK figures abandon Themistocleous amid leadership revolt

Four of the Democratic National Movement’s (DEK) central figures withdrew their support for party president Andreas Themistocleous on Friday, accusing him of arbitrary decision making that had destroyed trust within the party.

The four officials, who are also co-founders of Dek, said Themistocleous “no longer has our support” because his “arbitrary actions, in violation of what was agreed, have definitively broken any relationship of trust and cooperation”....