Election debates fail to spark interest

Election debates are well underway on almost all national and local television and radio stations, with the same pattern of mostly boring discussions expected to continue until the eve of ‘Super Sunday’ on June 9. Cyprus voters will be handed an unprecedented six ballot papers in order to choose the next mayors and deputy mayors, municipal councillors, village leaders and council members, district council presidents (in charge of public utilities), as well as the six members of the next European Parliament. The number of mayors has been reduced following the much-debated municipal reform that resulted in the merger of some