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Breaking News... Özgür Özel's reaction to the AKP regarding Kepez: Shame on those who make Mayor Mesut the scapegoat for this incident

Speaking at his party's group meeting, CHP leader Özgür Özel reacted to the arrest of Kepez Mayor Mesut Kocagöz following the cable car accident in Antalya. Özel stated, "301 miners died in Soma, and not a single public official was held accountable. Shame on those who make Mayor Mesut the scapegoat for this incident, especially when they haven't allowed a single person to be prosecuted during their 22 years in power."

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Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel is speaking at his party's group meeting.

Here are the highlights from Özel's remarks:

"Today we are holding a historic meeting. We certainly owe this happiness to many people; the list is endless. Greetings to those who keep the hearth of the father's house burning.

As the Republican People's Party, we promise that we will not let anyone who voted for us regret it.

My Deputy Group Chairman greeted those who are here based on the notes he received. I want to greet 4 people who are not here and will not be here from now on.

Our Afyonkarahisar deputy and previous term Deputy Group Chairman Burcu Köksal, our Adıyaman deputy Abdurrahman Tutdere, our Kastamonu deputy Hasan Baltacı, and our Kırıkkale deputy Ahmet Önal.

They were the only deputies in their provinces; some served for one term, some for four. They made the voice of that province heard in Turkey. And each of them left this group after receiving the votes of one in every two people and fulfilling the duty we gave them with merit, but they became the mayors of those provinces.

We also sent someone who went and worked; he turned the 20 percent vote from 10 months ago into 38 percent, and he brought tears to the eyes of all of Turkey. He brought tears to the eyes of İsmet Pasha, and he also received votes from those who loved Özal. He did not discriminate against nationalists; he built the Malatya alliance. I thank Malatya's son, Veli Ağbaba.

"I WILL GO TO PALESTINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"

I was going to be in Palestine yesterday, but the closure of airspace following the attacks over the weekend caused us to postpone our visit. As soon as possible, we will go to Palestine and ensure that the 33 thousand losses are announced to the world. It is our duty to uphold the relationship Bülent Ecevit established with Arafat and to support the Palestinian cause as Deniz Gezmiş did.

"WE ARE FACING A LACK OF CONSCIENCE"

In such matters, we have advocated for years that whoever is responsible should be investigated to the fullest extent, and we will continue to do so. If there is fault, no one should be spared. The place where justice will be served is the law. We are facing a great injustice, lawlessness, and lack of conscience in Antalya.

This is a cable car built in 2017 during the AK Party era. While the management of the line was contracted to a certified company accepted by the ministry, and while Mesut Kocagöz had already left his position at the municipal company, and the cable car had been inspected 3 more times, resorting to a measure like detention today when there is no fault is something they should fear God for. 301 miners died in Soma, and not a single public official was held accountable. Shame on those who make Mayor Mesut the scapegoat for this incident, especially when they haven't allowed a single person to be prosecuted during their 22 years in power.

REACTION TO HATAY: THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE HAS BEEN CRIPPLED

I personally filed our application to the Supreme Election Council (YSK) to protect the will of Hatay. If the last March 31 election was renewed with that application by the AK Party, according to our file, it should have been renewed at least 8 times. There is a clause in every one of our claims that makes one say 'this is too much' regarding the state of complete lawlessness. We proved that 108 voters cast ballots while there were restriction decisions against them. 3 thousand 389 voters had their votes cast in their place even though they were dead. Despite the invalid votes being 15 times the margin, our objection was rejected. If there is no complete lawlessness here, where is this law written? What will those who remain silent about this answer to their own consciences? The will of the people has been crippled.

On March 31, the nation made us the first party and sent a message to the government with their votes. It is understood that those who try to repeat the mistakes they made in the past periods by multiples have not learned a lesson from the ballot box. We experienced the Hatay elections; yesterday I filed our application to the YSK with the claim of complete lawlessness. It is understood that those who try to repeat the mistakes they made in their periods by multiples have not learned a lesson from the ballot box. We experienced the Hatay elections; yesterday I filed our application to the YSK with the claim of complete lawlessness.

We are starting to talk about how we will make the CHP the ruling party in the first general elections of the second century of the Republic. We achieved a great alliance with the Turkey alliance. The CHP is not the deeded property of any of us; this party is the father's house.

Nationalist democrats came to the father's house; good people who have the sun in their hearts even if not on their lapels came; idealists who were finished by the unconditional support of the MHP and those who once gave their hearts to the MHP came. Conservative democrats who were disgusted by lies came to the father's house. Kurdish democrats who trusted us came to the father's house. We will not let any of them regret it."