Cyprus voters more focused on future than candidates

Cypriots head to the polls on Sunday with hopes that the president who will lead the country for the next five years will bring continued economic growth and fresh reunification efforts.

Even though the average voter appears to be very interested in the "day after," as Kathimerini has observed in recent months, the two candidates in on Sunday's runoff - in speeches, interviews and a television debate on Wednesday - seem more focused on pointing fingers regarding the past rather than a vision or a plan about the future.

Cyprus's pre-election period has been largely dominated by the past, by debates about the economic collapse of 2012 that led to a painful haircut on deposits in March 2013, and also by the collapse of United Nations-brokered peace talks at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana last July.

Public opinion polls and discussions with political analysts...