DEM Party responds to Minister of Justice on 'Right to Hope'

DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan responded to Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç's statement regarding the right to hope.

In a statement on her social media account, Doğan addressed Minister Tunç, saying, "Mr. Minister, independent of the right to hope debate; your tone in this process is far from the constructive language we need and, unfortunately, creates a toxic effect. As a society, our expectation is that you use your representative power to establish justice. We need law and democratic consensus, not polemics."

WHAT DID YILMAZ TUNÇ SAY?

Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç had spoken about the issue of the right to hope, which was first brought to the agenda by the MHP, in his assessment before the AKP Group meeting.

Stating that the right to hope is not on the agenda, Tunç said, "Such a situation is not in question. There is no such topic or discussion on our agenda."

Tunç said, in summary:

"The Parliament's agenda includes HSK elections and other issues. We are speaking generally about what needs to be done within the legal framework regarding prison conditions. We can expand the regulations in the Law on the Execution of Sentences. We have shared our work on this matter with our parliamentary group. There is time before the Parliament takes a summer break. There are matters that can be addressed in the execution law. If there is a matter that requires legislation, these are not matters within the authority of the executive branch."