Mansur Yavaş makes his decision regarding İmamoğlu's Ankara program: 'We will send our message'
While comments and debates continue regarding the meeting that Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu will hold in Ankara on Saturday, a notable statement regarding the meeting has come from Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş.
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Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş sent a message to the program "Türkiye'nin Nabzı" (Pulse of Turkey) broadcast on Habertürk TV, making important statements.
Yavaş stated that he would not attend the meeting that Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu will hold in Ankara on Saturday. Yavaş said, "Of course, we will send our message wishing the meeting well. However, naturally, I am not considering attending the meeting on Saturday for now."
Regarding his relationship with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mansur Yavaş stated that they have different political roadmaps, saying, "Mayor Ekrem is my companion. However, I also have my own political roadmap. I have previously stated that we would sit down and talk about these when the day comes."
'I AM NOT CONSIDERING ATTENDING THE MEETING'
Adding that he does not intend to attend the meeting to be organized by İmamoğlu on Saturday, Yavaş said the following:
"Of course, we will send our message wishing the meeting well. However, naturally, I am not considering attending the meeting on Saturday for now."
Yavaş also reacted to some criticisms made about him. Yavaş stated, "To think that a politician is saying 'let a ban be imposed on him so that I can take his place' is both a great shame for that politician and a great disrespect towards me," and emphasized that he would stand against any unlawful actions taken against Ekrem İmamoğlu.
'I AM NOT ANYONE'S BACKUP'
ABB Mayor Yavaş stated, "I am not anyone's backup, I would not lower myself to that position," noting that such rhetoric is unacceptable both humanly and politically.
In the continuation of his message, Yavaş included the following statements:
"The party has made a decision and I respect it. I will not take part in the debates and I will never position myself in a way that would make the CHP appear disorganized.
Mayor Ekrem is my companion. However, I also have my own political roadmap. I have previously stated that we would sit down and talk about these when the day comes. Of course, we will send our message wishing the meeting well. However, naturally, I am not considering attending the meeting on Saturday for now."