CHP leader Özgür Özel's response to Erdoğan and Bahçeli on 'DEM': 'The nation's concern is price hikes'

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel is speaking at his party's group meeting.

Stating that they visit his grave every January 22, Özel said, "We commemorated our brother Kamer."

Highlights from Özel's speech:

"CONTINUE THE RESISTANCE UNTIL THE 7 THOUSAND LIRA PENSION HIKE IS SECURED"

"If we get into the business of responding to everything Erdoğan says, the group meeting could last 2 hours.

The nation's concern is neither what Mr. Tayyip says nor what Mr. Devlet says. The nation's concern is the cost of living...

The country is being poorly managed in every aspect. The biggest fire is in the kitchen and the wallet; the inability to make it to the end of the month, trying to pay off old debts with new ones, or even being unable to roll them over. These days, our retirees are facing the greatest hardship. 2024 has turned into a year where Mr. Tayyip mocks and ridicules retirees. Whose fault is it? First, it is because of TÜİK..."

Tayyip Erdoğan had declared this the year of the retiree, but this year has turned into a year where the government mocks retirees. TÜİK is supposed to collect statistics from the field fairly on behalf of all of us. Raises for retirees and employees are given according to TÜİK inflation.

I am calling out to all retirees; do not accept this starvation wage, this misery wage, this poverty wage, this price hike that makes you unable to even pass by the greengrocer or the market. We will not give up the struggle until the lowest pension reaches the level of the minimum wage.

I am calling out to Bahçeli and Erdoğan from here; the nation's concern is not DEM, it is price hikes. I invite all retirees to struggle and resist until we secure the 7 thousand lira raise.

"NOT DEM, BUT PRICE HIKES"

I am calling out to all retirees; do not accept this starvation wage, this misery wage, this poverty wage, this price hike that makes you unable to even pass by the greengrocer or the market. We will not give up the struggle until the lowest pension reaches the level of the minimum wage.

I am calling out to Bahçeli and Erdoğan from here; the nation's concern is not DEM, it is price hikes. If the retiree had received the salary they deserved, the lowest would have been 25 thousand lira. The CHP is submitting a motion for this, and the AKP-MHP rejects it. Know this."

A REMINDER OF SÜLEYMAN SOYLU AND AYHAN BORA KAPLAN

Do not think the country is being cleaned up just by looking at the criminal organization leaders caught during the Ali Yerlikaya era. When did these criminal organization leaders come here? During the era of Süleyman Soylu, who was appointed by the same person who signed the appointment of Yerlikaya to that position. They are the ones who dragged the country into this filth. Do not be deceived.

Before the scandals you will be buried under regarding Ayhan Bora Kaplan, Süleyman Soylu, entertainment centers in Ankara, and children in need of protection entrusted to our state are exposed, you must either take the necessary action against Süleyman Soylu or you are personally responsible for this filth and this disgrace.

CENTRAL BANK DISCUSSIONS

The loss of reputation of this institution is a loss of reputation abroad. If you force resignations through the posts of your own trolls, you won't be able to find anyone tomorrow. The names and the storefront change, but because the mindset does not change, nothing changes. We will continue to follow the Central Bank closely.

News Source: 12punto