By the end of 2005, Lambis Nikolaou denied Gilady's claims: "All this speculation surrounding my role in the third round of voting for the 2012 candidates is totally unfounded.
I slutet av 2005 svarade Lambis Nikolaou på Giladys uttalande: "Alla spekulationer om min roll i den tredje omgången i omröstningen 2005 saknar helt grund.