Tunç Soyer makes 'candidacy' statement for Extraordinary Congress: 'I could not remain indifferent'

Tunç Soyer responded to 'candidacy' claims

Former İzmir Metropolitan Municipality (İzBB) Mayor Tunç Soyer denied claims of his candidacy for the CHP chairmanship in a statement he made on KRT.

Soyer announced that he will be a candidate for the Party Assembly (PM) at the extraordinary congress his party will hold on April 6. 

Soyer stated the following:

"I am a candidate for the Party Assembly at the congress; I am not a candidate for the chairmanship. Delegates asked me to run, and I could not remain indifferent.

I do not think there is a problem with the chairman in the CHP right now, but I think the PM needs to be expanded.

I believe that the CHP, as an alternative party to the government, needs to be expanded in a much more inclusive way."

Tunç Soyer added that some delegates had offered him a candidacy for the chairmanship, but he had expressed to the delegates that he did not find this appropriate.

News Source: 12punto