İYİ Party's 'Framework Law' motion rejected in Parliament by AKP and MHP votes

In the TBMM General Assembly, the parliamentary inquiry motion submitted by the İYİ Party to investigate the practices during the 2013-2015 peace process, as well as the Bill on the Strengthening of National Solidarity and Social Integration, known publicly as the "Framework Law," was rejected.

The motion, discussed in the General Assembly presided over by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Tekin Bingöl, was not accepted with the votes of AKP and MHP deputies. The motion requested an investigation into the scope and consequences of the "immunity" provision in Article 10 of the bill, as well as the regulations in Article 4 of Law No. 6551, which was enacted during the 2013-2015 period.

The İYİ Party demanded the identification of the reasons and consequences of instructions regarding the postponement or cessation of operations, the justifications for the failure to intervene in a timely manner in the trench-barricade incidents, the number of martyrs during this process, and the political and administrative officials responsible.

DEBATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Speaking on behalf of the İYİ Party regarding the motion, Group Deputy Chairman Uğur Poyraz criticized the regulation with harsh words. Expressing his concerns regarding the provisions for laying down arms and probation, Poyraz argued that it was unclear how the weapons to be surrendered would be compared with the weapons already in the organization's possession.

Poyraz also objected to the provision in Article 10 of the bill stating that public officials would not face legal, administrative, or criminal liability. İYİ Party's Poyraz said, "Those who implement it are not responsible, and those who make this law are not responsible either, but the Turkish nation, the Turkish soldier, and the Turkish police are paying the price."

Speaking on behalf of the DEM Party group, Diyarbakır Deputy Cengiz Çandar described the bill as "the first legal step on the path to the goal of peace and a democratic society." Çandar stated that the process, which remained inconclusive during the 2013-2015 period, should be carried out successfully this time.

CHP Ankara Deputy Umut Akdoğan stated that conflict and terrorism affect the entire society and expressed that the goal of disarmament should be addressed together with steps toward democratization. Akdoğan commented, "Weapons must be buried in the fire, but there must absolutely be democratization."

AKP Antalya Deputy Kemal Çelik said that the regulation was a "temporary and independent" law. Stating that the bill was not a general amnesty or an amnesty aimed at individuals, Çelik argued that the goal was "the strengthening of national solidarity and brotherhood."

During the discussions, a debate also took place between Poyraz and CHP Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır. Başarır reacted to Poyraz's remarks that his party was moving away from the republic and Atatürk.

In the vote held after the speeches, the İYİ Party's parliamentary inquiry motion was rejected by the votes of the AKP and MHP.