Marios Matsakis [SEP] position held
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After two years, MEP Marios Matsakis emerged vindicated after the authorities returned 250 items that were confiscated from his home. The Attorney General of Cyprus, after studying the case, decided that no charge could be brought against Dr Matsakis and all items seized from his home two years prior were returned to him.
Homophobic Stance.
In 2008, while still a member of the European Parliament, Marios Matsakis asked not to be sent "offensive" emails. The "offensive" emails he was referring to was an
was proposed as a common candidate by AKEL, but rejected by DIKO and EDEK (who both will support Papadopoulos' bid for reelection), which AKEL took as a reason to leave the ruling coalition. Thus both Papadopoulos and Christophias contested the election.
Furthermore, the Democratic Rally support MEP Ioannis Kasoulidis, a former foreign minister, and Kostas Themistokleous, a former minister of agriculture and environment, also contested the election.
Controversial MEP Marios Matsakis announced on 29 December 2007 that he would contest the election. Marios Matsakis