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.
Tokom kampanje i Hristofias i Kasulides su kritikovali odlazećeg predsednika Tasosa Papadopulosa zato što nije preduzeo nikakva stvarna nastojanja da ponovo pokrene zastale mirovne razgovore, nakon što se aktivno zalagao protiv Ananovog plana 2004. godine.