Stating that his remarks on early elections were not understood correctly, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel said, “Erdoğan was elected for 5 years, but I think there will be early elections in 1.5 years.”
Stating that his remarks on early elections were not understood correctly, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel emphasized to BirGün Newspaper writer Doğan Tılıç that he would not run away from elections and said, “Erdoğan was elected for 5 years, but I think there will be early elections in 1.5 years.”
Özgür Özel’s statements are as follows:
- In order to change this regime, harsh polemics only at the level of rhetoric should not work with the voters. We see the issue as following an opposition line that constantly voices the problems of the voters who vote for the government, constantly voicing the problems of the voters who vote for the government, holding a tea rally in Rize, the stronghold of the government, gathering pensioners of all political views together at the pensioner rally, trying to bring together voters of all political tendencies at the rally that we cannot make a living. The AKP had a campaign that portrayed the CHP as if it was a party that acted together with terrorist organizations, that could not govern when it came to power, that was insensitive to problems, that was quarrelsome, with the press that it captured through regular and irregular means. We are pursuing a policy against this and trying to make sure that voters who do not see the CHP see it
Discussions on normalization: I would normalize without the MHP or the AK Party
- I do not seek to normalize the government. I would normalize without the MHP or the AK Party. My problem is to normalize with their voters
If you don’t raise the minimum wage, we will take to the streets
- I called the presidents of DİSK, Hak-İş and Türk-İş and invited them to the “We can’t make ends meet” rally. If I could get a minimum wage increase from the table and negotiations, there would be no losers. I couldn’t, and now I will not shut up about it so that the government pays for it alone. This is the balance of struggle and negotiation.
Early election statement
- Turkey will get rid of Erdoğan’s rule in the first election. The first election is not 2028. I instrumentalized the results of the March 31st elections and said that I would not call for elections. This does not mean I don’t want elections. I want elections the most. Citizens, as the polls show, have slowly started to want elections. Erdoğan was elected for 5 years, but I think there will be early elections 2.5 years after his election, 1.5 years from today. I would not run away from early elections, I would run for it.
