Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues Fotis Fotiou, said that Greek Cypriots and Maronites who are enclaved or who resettled in the Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus, could come to the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus to vote to the parliamentary election next Sunday, with a 72- hour PCR test for COVID-19. This arrangement was agreed by the United Nations and authorities of the occupation regime, he added.
Therefore, he said, all those who will come to vote in the parliamentary elections will have to do a PCR test for coronavirus in advance. This arrangement was made despite the fact that all enclaved Greek Cypriot have already been vaccinated for COVID-19.
According to Commissioner Fotiou, there are a total of 243 enclaved voters, 193 Greek Cypriots and 50 Maronites. Of the Greek Cypriots 154 live in Rizokarpaso, 37 in Ayia Triada and 2 in Ayios Andronikos. As for the Maronites, 46 are in Kormakitis and 4 in Karpasha.
As Fotiou said, the enclaved from the Karpas peninsula will vote at the Elementary School of Acheritos Center C and the Maronites at the Kykkos Lyceum in Nicosia in Centers A and R.
Commissioner Fotiou said that arrangements with buses have been made for the transport of the enclaved people to and from the Turkish-occupied areas, while those who wish can come with their own private cars.
He also said that there are is a number of enclaved people living in the free areas who due to the situation with the pandemic could not go back and arrangements to vote were made for them too.