AKP's Mücahit Birinci speaks out on Burcu Köksal: 'It is a mistake to consider these transfers a success'

While the agenda is shaken by claims that Afyonkarahisar Mayor Burcu Köksal will resign from the CHP to join the AKP, AKP member Mücahit Birinci made notable statements.

Sharing on his social media account, Birinci stated, "In my opinion, rejoicing over these transfers or seeing them as a great success means not knowing the public well enough."

Birinci assessed, "The real poll is sometimes the street itself. One needs to lift the curtain and look outside."

Here is Birinci's post:

"They are asking many questions about the municipal transfers. To be frank, my opinion is as follows:

As I have said before, rejoicing over these transfers or seeing them as a great success means, in my opinion, not knowing the public well enough.

For example, Beykoz…

In Beykoz, people turned to the CHP as a reaction to the current situation. Everyone knows the process that followed.

Do you think the public will now say the following?

“I actually chose this person not because of your understanding of municipalism, but as a reaction to the general trend. Now you, whether justified or not, have taken the protest vote I cast, routed it through another door, and put it back in front of me as an AK Party member. Okay then, I will immediately vote for you again.”

Or do you think the public will say this?

“How good, I hadn't thought of that. You thought on my behalf and brought the municipality over to your side. My vote is yours in the next election.”

Of course, there may be those who say “there was corruption.” But that is not the issue, my brother. Whatever happens, let their own candidates remain with them.

Look, let this X of mine stay here:

None of these friends who transferred will easily be elected again in their current locations for the rest of their lives.

A young person who was 18 when the AK Party came to power is now over 40. It is now necessary to analyze the street, the public, and social psychology much more accurately.

There have been many periods when pollsters were wrong. The real poll sometimes stands right in front of you. All you have to do is lift the curtain and look outside.

When that curtain is opened, you will see that the things you did not want to see are actually there.

Be sure of it."

News Source: 12punto