Another leading member quits Green Party

Efi Xanthou on Thursday announced she has left the Green Party, bringing to an end a 23-year association.

In a letter written to explain her decision, she said, “for 23 years, the movement had become my whole life”, but various actions, which she perceived as undemocratic, had turned her away from the party.

The final straw, as she explained, was a Nicosia district party branch meeting on March 27. At the meeting, she said “an unacceptable motion not to put all the candidates [for...