During the campaign, both Christofias and Kasoulides criticised outgoing President Tassos Papadopoulos for his failure to make any real attempt to relaunch the stalled peace talks after actively campaigning against the Annan plan in 2004.
Tijekom kampanje i Christofias i Kasoulides kritizitrali su predsjednika u odlasku Tassosa Papadopoulosa jer nije poduzeo bilo kakve konkretne korake za ponovno pokretanje zastalih mirovnih razgovora nakon što se aktivno zalagao protiv Annanova plana 2004. godine.