Mersin’s Tarsus Mayor Ali Boltaç announced that he has resigned from the Republican People's Party (CHP). Boltaç stated that he decided to leave party membership without waiting for the outcome of the disciplinary and expulsion process initiated against him within the CHP.
Taking the floor at the council meeting, Boltaç stated that he had carefully evaluated the developments of recent days and said he made the decision of his “own free will.” Expressing that he sees politics as a way to serve the people he lives with, Boltaç noted that he had been following the process conducted against him closely, along with the public.
I have been following the disciplinary process initiated against me within the Republican People's Party closely, along with the public. I have carefully evaluated the developments that have taken place during this process. At the point we have reached, I am deciding to resign from Republican People's Party membership of my own free will, without waiting for the result of the expulsion process being conducted against me.
News Source: 12punto
