Representative
Deputy
AKEL - Left-New Forces
House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus
CY - 1402 - Nicosia
Cyprus
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
, 2023
, 2022
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
11/04/2023 - Election observation PACE observer delegation makes pre-electoral visit to Türkiye 23/06/2022 - Session Malta’s democratic consolidation requires well-functioning institutions 24/05/2022 - Monitoring Malta’s democratic consolidation requires well-functioning institutions 15/06/2020 - Political Affairs and Democracy Exchange of views with Israeli and Palestinian representatives at PACE sub-committee meeting 30/05/2017 - Standing Committee The Council of Europe must strengthen its action in the field of social rights
29/01/2026 | 20:13:20 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2. Mister President, Dear Colleagues, For six and a half decades, the Charter has stood as the social counterpart to the European Convention on Human Rights, affirming that dignity cannot exist without the fundamental rights to housing, health, employment, social protection and equality. Yet today, these rights are under unprecedented pressure. Austerity measures, precarious labour, rising poverty and shrinking welfare systems are undermining the... 29/01/2026 | 19:22:31 Thank you Madam Chair. Our group, the Group of the Unified European Left, also supports the proposal of our rapporteurs to close the post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia, as recommended in the draft resolution before us. The report acknowledges the progress achieved in the functioning of the democratic institutions, the conduct of competitive elections, the general respect for fundamental freedoms, as well as continued co-operation with Council of Europe bodies. At the same time... 29/01/2026 | 12:28:23 Thank you, Madam Chair. Unfortunately, I have to respond once more to Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO by saying that there is no good and bad violation of international law. There is no good and bad occupation. There is no good and bad violation of the sovereignty of a country. And as he comes, as I do, from a country under occupation, under violation of international law, he should know better that we need to be consistent in defending international law. Dear colleagues, the situation in Syria... 29/01/2026 | 10:20:53 Thank you very much, Madam President. Dear colleagues, Let me start by expressing our group's full solidarity with the people of Greenland and with Denmark, a member state of this organisation, whose sovereignty and territorial integrity have been openly challenged. These threats against the rules-based international order must be understood within a broader political context. The United States of America has a long and well-documented record of imperial interventions, regime change... 28/01/2026 | 17:19:30 Thank you, Mister Chair. I don't know if I'm doing well, but I will start with hypocrisy and double standards, Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO and the far right, Mr Christophe LACROIX. Yesterday, we commemorated the Holocaust, but almost nobody from the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates was here. But you have no problem defending the genocide until now? No problem. Secondly, speaking of double standards. In this Assembly, we have condemned so many times Hamas' attacks, terrorist attacks...
26/06/2024 | Doc. 16019 | Committee Opinion Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress 07/11/2022 | Doc. 15649 | Report Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan 03/06/2022 | Doc. 15546 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Malta 15/05/2017 | Doc. 14323 | Report Political transition in Tunisia 09/05/2017 | Doc. 14318 | Report Budget and priorities of the Council of Europe for the biennium 2018-2019
05/05/2026 | Doc. 16349 | Written declaration Full and unwavering support for Ms Francesca Albanese 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16395 | Motion for a resolution Human rights challenges in the North Caucasus 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16389 | Motion for a resolution Urgent need for targeted sanctions against Turkish officials responsible for the deprivation of liberty of Osman Kavala 20/04/2026 | Doc. 16383 | Written declaration Urgent need to protect Syria’s endangered ethnic and religious communities 17/04/2026 | Doc. 16378 | Motion for a resolution Out-of-country voting
29/01/2026 | Doc. 16334, vote on the draft text for resolution Threats against the international order: the case of Greenland 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16336, vote on the draft text for resolution Political crisis in the broader Middle East: the need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16315, vote on the draft text for resolution For a ban on conversion practices 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16335, vote on the draft text for recommendation The 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter: social rights as the foundation of resilient democracies and social justice 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16335, vote on the draft text for resolution The 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter: social rights as the foundation of resilient democracies and social justice