CHP Chairman Özel requests resignation of party MP: 'Until it is clarified'
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel has requested the resignation of CHP Edirne MP Ediz Ün following the seizure of smuggled electronic cigarette components in a vehicle belonging to him.
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It has been learned that CHP Chairman Özel summoned Edirne MP Ün to Ankara after returning to Turkey from his visit to the US.
Ün, who met with the CHP Group Deputy Chairmen, was informed that he should resign from the party until the investigation process regarding the smuggled goods seized in his vehicle is completed and legally clarified.
CHP: RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
An official statement regarding the matter was released from the official CHP X account. The statement announced that Ediz Ün's resignation has been accepted.
"Following the instructions of our Chairman Mr. Özgür Özel, our Edirne MP Ediz Ün met with our Group Deputy Chairmen today regarding the incident that was reflected in the public eye last week. During the meeting, Mr. Ün requested to resign from our party until the judicial process is completed, and this request was deemed appropriate. A decision on whether Mr. Ün will return to our party will be made according to the outcome of the legal process."
WHAT HAPPENED?
A large number of smuggled electronic cigarette components were seized in a vehicle belonging to CHP MP Ediz Ün in Edirne. Ün had announced that he would file a criminal complaint regarding the incident in question.
In the investigation launched, it was determined that CHP Edirne MP Ün had entered the country alone on the day of the incident in the same vehicle used for smuggling. It was alleged that Ün stopped at a gas station on the road immediately after crossing the border, where he picked up the driver and the other suspect accused of smuggling.