House Speaker race opens to three candidates as parties weigh their options ahead of today’s vote

The race for the presidency of the House of Representatives has widened to three candidates, with DIKO leader Nikolas Papadopoulos now in contention alongside DISY leader Annita Demetriou and AKEL Secretary-General Stefanos Stefanou — and Direct Democracy Cyprus (ADK) holding the pivotal votes.

Following yesterday’s unanimous decision by AKEL’s Central Committee to back Stefanou, the picture that had initially shaped up as a straight contest between the two largest parties’ leaders has...