CHP Central Executive Board meets for the first time: Roadmap after local elections determined

In the March 31 Local Elections, the CHP, which unseated the AKP—the leading party since 2002—discussed the new era.

According to a report by Mustafa Bildircin from BirGün, the CHP Central Executive Board (MYK) met under the chairmanship of CHP Chairman Özgür Özel. 

The meeting addressed the election results and the latest developments in regions where results are being contested, particularly in Hatay.

CHP officials stated that they received votes from all parties, including the AKP and MHP, and that they would continue to use an inclusive, non-divisive language in the process of preparing for general elections.

ECONOMY WILL BE ON THE AGENDA

It was assessed that the “Turkey alliance” rhetoric used by Özgür Özel in rally squares found resonance on the ground. 

Agreeing that they should avoid exaggerated rhetoric regarding the election success achieved on March 31, CHP officials stated that Turkey's pressing problems would be brought to the agenda in the new term. In this context, it was reported that the problems of retirees, young people, and disadvantaged groups, in particular, would be kept on the agenda. 

Emphasizing that retirees played a major role in the CHP's election success, the officials said, “We will continue to pressure the government for retirees to access their rights.”

The CHP, which determined its rhetoric in election rallies in line with the sociological structures of neighborhoods, assessed that winning provinces that stand out with their nationalist-conservative identities was the most important success in the election. While it was determined that the votes of nationalist and conservative voters shifted to the CHP in Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak, Manisa, Kilis, Adıyaman, and Kastamonu, the comment was made: “We will loudly explain to the public that Turkey's problems affect everyone except for a handful of minorities who are cronies of the government, not just a specific segment, and we will show this with concrete examples.”

"CALLING FOR EARLY ELECTIONS WOULD NOT BE RIGHT"

In the MYK meeting, where the view that voters “gave a visa to the CHP” for local administrations was expressed, the opinion that “it would not be right to derive a call for early elections from the local election success” prevailed.

CHP Leader Özgür Özel will be in his hometown of Manisa on March 4-5. Özel will not take his hands off the city in line with the allegation that “some AKP mayors who lost the municipality are destroying documents.”

The CHP will closely follow the events during the process of taking over the municipalities won in Manisa from the AKP.