İmamoğlu on the detention of Rıza Akpolat: 'We are at a turning point for democracy!'

IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu met with citizens in front of the municipal building at a rally protesting the detention of Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat. İmamoğlu made statements there.

Highlights from İmamoğlu's speech are as follows:

They did not accept the election we won in 2019 either. They want a Turkey without an opposition. This democratic slap was still not enough for them. They are still messing with the nation. Those who cannot stomach the CHP, which won the election on March 31, becoming the 1st party, also have an obsession with Istanbul. Love, passion, romance are all stories... There is no such thing. They have only one concern. Were they able to get the word 'canal' into their mouths during the election? They cannot, because the nation does not vote for them. They are one way one day, another way the next...

The CHP will always be the first party from now on. We know how they do not listen to the Constitution or anything else. He knows that the only obstacle in front of him is the people who support the CHP. He is trying to make the nation bow down by removing the mayors elected by the nation from office. Has this nation ever bowed to oppression? It hasn't, and it won't. That is why he will never succeed.

What is happening today is not just a matter for the CHP, it is a matter for this nation!

"WE ARE AT A TURNING POINT!"

We are politicians, but we perform a public duty. Of course, we have to be held accountable within the framework of public duty, but there is a way the law is applied. Do you know what kind of mentality destroys this form? The law applied today is pseudo-law. Anyone who looks at the political career of the Chief Public Prosecutor will understand the operations carried out today. Because this person is political. He has nothing to do with protecting the law or the statutes. He is a person who completely carries out instructions. The point we have reached, if there is anyone among you, I am calling out to 86 million from here, if you say I want democracy and law, if you say I want justice, we are at a turning point for all of us.

"POLITICS IS A MATTER OF COMPETITION"

Politics is a matter of fair competition. Politics is not about taking away people's authority. If there are brave ones, this is the arena! Come on, let's compete. Do not think that we will allow them to design the ballot box. Do not think that they will enter the election without rivals. Do not think that they will determine their own opponents! Whatever the nation says, that will happen! Everyone will face the nation, and the nation will show them their place. What do we say, "Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the nation!"

Beautiful people of the judiciary, esteemed members, do not turn a blind eye to this unjust, lawless, reckless, brazen situation that only makes 1 person happy with its arrogance! Do not let them shake justice!

Hopefully, we will get rid of these days. Because we will come together as a nation. Because what do we say, it cannot be done alone!

There is no salvation alone...

We will continue to be one, to be together!

Hopefully, we will receive good news about our brother Rıza.

News Source: 12punto