Ali Babacan warns CHP: 'We have records of the offers they brought us' — 'They should be ready'

Babacan stated, "They should not conduct their internal power struggles through us. That is why I repeat: for us, this issue and this chapter with the current CHP management have long been closed. If they open it one day, we will open it too. Because what is written in that book is very clear. We still have records of what offers they brought us and what simulations they presented. There are witnesses to this in both parties. If they continue to push this, then those records and books will be opened. Who said what, who offered what. What was the DEVA Party's right? And look, they are engaging in this kind of shamelessness," he said.

Ali Babacan answered questions regarding their decision to enter the 2023 elections with a joint list with the CHP. Stating that promises were made to them during the era of former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and that the idea of a joint list originated from the CHP management at the time, Babacan said, "They shamelessly and immorally bring up the vote percentages from the local elections. They say, 'You cannot elect this many deputies with this many votes.' My friend, be honest, tell the truth. Say that we entered the 2023 elections with a joint list. I have said this before. The Republican People's Party is not a charity. It is not a public fountain. Is it an institution that will distribute free parliamentary seats to everyone? Is it not? It is a party older than the Republic. It is the main opposition party," he expressed.

Highlights from Babacan's statements are as follows:

"We are closing the book on the CHP management, but some people insistently and stubbornly do not want to close that book. As long as they keep that book open, we will say everything and talk about it. They should be ready to hear those words.

Because this matter is not just my matter. This is the matter of a huge DEVA organization. This is the right of our deputies who were elected with their own merit and hard work.

I will not let them trample on the rights of our organization or our deputies. There is no such thing. They should go and settle their accounts with the previous management; they should talk about whatever issues they have with the previous management.

They should not conduct their internal power struggles through us. That is why I repeat: for us, this issue and this chapter with the current CHP management have long been closed. If they open it one day, we will open it too. Because what is written in that book is very clear. We still have records of what offers they brought us and what simulations they presented. There are witnesses to this in both parties. If they continue to push this, then those records and books will be opened. Who said what, who offered what. What was the DEVA Party's right? And look, they are engaging in this kind of shamelessness.

It is truly a great shamelessness. They are linking our votes in the 2024 elections to the number of deputies we won in the 2023 elections. Isn't this immoral? They say, 'A party that received this much percentage of votes...'

Wait a minute, my friend, stop right there. You are talking about the 2024 local elections, where a party received that much. It is a completely different dynamic, a completely different environment.

"IF IT WEREN'T IN THEIR INTEREST, WHY WOULD THEY COME TO US WITH SUCH AN OFFER?"

They shamelessly and immorally bring up the vote percentages from the local elections. They say, 'You cannot elect this many deputies with this many votes.' My friend, be honest, tell the truth.

Say that we entered the 2023 elections with a joint list. I have said this before. The Republican People's Party is not a charity. It is not a public fountain. Is it an institution that will distribute free parliamentary seats to everyone? Is it not? It is a party older than the Republic. It is the main opposition party.

If it hadn't been in their interest at the time, if it hadn't served their own benefit, why would they have come to us with such an offer? We didn't go and ask for it. They offered it. They insisted on it. They are forgetting all of this. They take the results of a completely different election and compare them with the number of deputies from a completely different election. And the people doing this are the ones who call themselves academics, mind you.

"THEIR FRAUD WILL BE EXPOSED"

You look and see some academic, some researcher, some strategist. They are all trolls. They are all trolls. Nothing more than that. Who are you hiding the figures that 86 million people see while shopping from? Therefore, if they want trust—if they want everyone to trust our inflation figures—then they should disclose them transparently, just as they were for years when Ali Babacan was managing this country's economy, so we can see them too. But they know that when they disclose them retrospectively, as I said, the fraud of that period will be exposed.

To prevent the fraud of that period from being exposed, my friends are struggling and suffering. On one hand, they know it needs to be done, but on the other hand, they cannot do it. They are trying to manage this situation in between.

I was going to ask this. Don't they know why they aren't doing it? As you said, they know perfectly well, but they cannot do it. That's why Elif Hanım is asking me what they were able to do after seeing what happened to those who came to lead the economy. Please, a total revision. We got the answer. Total. We got the answer. A total revision is needed. Okay, I'm taking it from here. A reset is needed for everything, a power cycle is needed."

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