DEVA Party Chair Ali Babacan: We do not want to leave the country to the CHP

Responding to questions from Taha Akyol and Elif Çakır on KARAR TV, Babacan answered a question regarding the lawsuit seeking the absolute nullity of the CHP by saying, "Whatever the President says, that is what happens. If he wants to declare absolute nullity, he does; if he wants Kılıçdaroğlu to come, he comes." Babacan assessed, "As long as the absolute nullity case continues, the main opposition party will go through different phases internally. There are various movements within them as well. The President may want to watch this too." 

"They never think, 'How will I look the nation in the face?'"

Regarding the switch of Afyon Mayor Burcu Köksal and Aydın Metropolitan Mayor Özlem Çerçioğlu to the AKP, Babacan said, "In the past, politicians had a sense of shame. Unfortunately, we have started to see no trace of this anymore. They never think, 'How will I look the nation in the face?' In such transfers, what always comes to my mind is: what are the financial and rent-seeking aspects of this business?" he spoke. 

Criticizing the CHP's stance on political transfers, Babacan stated, "The main opposition party pinned badges on many deputies who sat at the same table as them. You pin badges on deputies from the IYI Party or DEVA, with whom you sat at the same table. There is no problem when you pin badges on deputies from other parties, but when someone pins a badge on one of your deputies or mayors, they raise hell. When they leave, they become the worst people. This is not right. This attitude of the CHP is not right," he expressed.

"We do not want to leave this country to the main opposition either"

When asked whether he was the presidential candidate pointed to by Saadet Party leader Mahmut Arıkan, Ali Babacan said, "Our priority is to meet on the same goals. We want to increase the number of alliance parties with whom we share the same principles. But the issue of a joint candidate will be discussed when that alliance is formed. If there are those within the Saadet Party or other parties who have positive thoughts about me, I would be honored by that. But before that, we must change our alliance structure. In the coming months, we have to concretize this alliance structure and appear before our nation."

Babacan said, "We did not come together for an election, but to govern the country. We do not want to leave this country to the main opposition, which is preoccupied with its own internal troubles," he said.