Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's first comment on the new resolution process: 'Playing the Öcalan card...'
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the 7th Chairman of the CHP, commented on the new resolution process—which began with the call from MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli and became more concrete with the meeting between the DEM Party and terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan—stating, "Playing the Öcalan card is a wink to Kurdish voters and preparation for Erdoğan's new presidential term."
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Following the call from Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, the DEM Party, which visited İmralı to meet with the leader of the terrorist organization PKK, Abdullah Öcalan, has begun its visits to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM).
The DEM Party delegation, including Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Pervin Buldan, and former Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Türk, who was replaced by a government-appointed trustee, first visited TBMM Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş and then MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli. The DEM Party's Öcalan tours in the TBMM will continue as of today.
Former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu made evaluations regarding the process that continued with the DEM Party's meeting with Öcalan and its visits to political parties following Bahçeli's call.
Kılıçdaroğlu said, "It is clear that the People's Alliance has lost the support of Kurdish voters in recent years. It is also clear that pressures on the DEM Party have increased and that they have not presented a policy that prioritizes democracy for the resolution of the issue. I believe that playing the Öcalan card in this process is a wink to Kurdish voters and preparation for a new presidential term for Erdoğan."
Speaking to Saygı Öztürk from Sözcü, Kılıçdaroğlu said the following:
"To speak frankly, the Erdoğan regime is masking its authoritarian rule with a 'democracy theater' and ignoring the real problems of the people.
Note that the resolution proposal by Bahçeli and Erdoğan is not a proposal to rebuild democracy with all its institutions. On the contrary, it is a resolution proposal that excludes the participation of broad segments of society. They are squeezing the solution into a narrow framework that ties it to the actions of a single person. In fact, even though they know that the problem cannot be solved within such a framework, they are making this attempt to gain political power to convert into votes for a possible snap election.
It is clear that the People's Alliance has lost the support of Kurdish voters in recent years. It is also clear that pressures on the DEM Party have increased and that they have not presented a policy that prioritizes democracy for the resolution of the issue. I believe that playing the Öcalan card in this process is a wink to Kurdish voters and preparation for a new presidential term for Erdoğan."