A terrorist attack at a concert venue in Moscow resulted in the death of 137 people, with dozens injured and incited the fury of Putin, the extent and manner of which remains unpredictable.
At the same time, Cyprus is rocked by the impending accession of Marios Pelekanos to ELAM.
In Baltimore, a commercial ship strikes a bridge, causing it to collapse, and those crossing it at that moment fall into the river with their fate unknown.
In Cyprus, the shock from Marios Pelekanos leaving DISY shows no signs of calming down.
Analyses, statements, interviews… all attempt to interpret the motivations of this previously unknown politician.
In Ukraine, battles continue for two years, people are killed, cities are destroyed, Putin and Zelensky clash, dragging humanity into dangerous paths.
In Gaza, a population is massacred, starving, devoid of any hope.
In Britain, the popular princess announces she has cancer, and millions worldwide, including herself, can empathise with her anxiety, which transcends titles.
In Cyprus, five days after Pelekanos’ announcement of his run in the European elections with ELAM, the dust has yet to settle.
So, who exactly is Pelekanos? Before his appointment as government spokesman in 2021, who knew him?
What was his involvement in public life, and what contribution has he made to societal events?
An ambitious former banker who began his political career in the DISY student organisations, never hiding his far-right views.
And now, with no inhibitions to declare oneself far-right, now that the far-right has been whitewashed and ELAM has been endorsed by both the Church and the State, Pelekanos finds himself in his natural habitat. So what?
Are we granting him more glamour than he deserves?
The rise of the far-right is indeed a dangerous phenomenon observed worldwide. From Argentina to the Netherlands, with Cyprus being no exception.
Pelekanos’ inclusion in the Cypriot far-right party changes nothing.
Neither for better nor worse, for us citizens who have been hearing about Pelekanos for the past five days.
The rifts within DISY are real and are not different because of the existence of a previously unknown individual there or elsewhere.
Life is elsewhere; life is different.
