In Turkey, all louder began to demand early elections of the president
The Republican People’s Party (RNP) is preparing to endure the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan « The largest vote of distrust. » To do this, she launches a campaign to collect signatures for holding early elections. In the party itself, which on Sunday, April 6, re -elected its leader, November established the end of the new presidential elections. The RNP does not have enough support to initiate the process in parliament, and therefore it counts on the strength of street protests. The country’s authorities have not yet demonstrated their readiness to make concessions.
The calls for early presidential elections in Turkey from the Republican People’s Party are not the first to sound, but now they have acquired clear outlines. The leader of the country’s largest opposition force, Ozgur, announced his intention to deploy a campaign in the words of the “largest vote of distrust” to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We are ready for elections in June. If not by June, then by the first half of November. Go out and compete with our candidate, ”he said at the Extraordinary Congress of the RNP on Sunday evening.
Mr. Ozel made a speech immediately after re -election to the role of the party chairman by the votes. Mr. Posiel had no rivals, 1171 out of 1276 delegates voted for him.
Typically, the congress is held once every two years, but the RNP decided to transfer their next meeting for an earlier term due to fears about the possibility of introducing external party management.
The basis for this could be an investigation into the prosecutor’s office due to suspicions that Mr. Ozel headed the party in November 2023 by falsifications. Now he received a convincing mandate from the one -party members.
The leader of the RNP significantly tightened criticism of the government of the country and outlined the further plans of the party to coordinate public protests. They recall, they were caused arrest and detachment From the post of mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, who is also a presidential candidate from the party. Mr. Ozel said that more than 7 million Turkey citizens have already signed a petition for the liberation of the Imamoglu Ecamoglu and holding early presidential elections. March 29 at the largest rally In the Istanbul district of Maltepe, Ozigur Ozel announced his intention to collect 28 million signatures – so many people voted for Mr. Erdogan in the 2023 presidential election.
Now the collection of signatures will be significantly expanded. “Starting from Monday, we will begin to collect signatures home, on each street throughout our country, to demonstrate Erdogan the largest vote of distrust,” Mr. Ozel told the supporters.
The politician also thanked all the participants in street protests who pass In the country since March 19, the day of the detention of Mr. Imamoglu, and announced his intention to continue to hold street actions. According to him, in Istanbul, rallies will take place on Wednesdays, while a large action in Izmir is scheduled for May 19. Speaking of the country’s authorities, Mr. Ozel again called the President of Erdogan “the leader of the junta” and promised to put an end to his rule with “democratic methods”. He also suggested that the arrest of Mr. Imamoglu became possible with the permission of US President Donald Trump. “I tell the head of the junta to Erdogan: neither America nor Trump will save you from us in the first nearest elections,” said Mr. Ozel.
The first to the attack of the opposition policy was the Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. “The Lake is looking for legitimacy outside the electoral urns and tries to form a policy on the streets … It is the green’s that tries to turn the case of corruption into heroic history,” Mr. Fidan pointed out in his account in X, speaking of the trial against Mr. Imamoglu. He also accused the opposition of that it was his party, and not the country’s government, over the past weeks, is trying to enlist foreign support.
Despite the warlike rhetoric and the mobilization of the broad masses, the plans of the Republican People’s Party to hold early elections have not yet have reliable grounds. The pressure of the streets on the government of Mr. Erdogan did not lead to the desired concessions, and it is not possible to conduct such an initiative through the country’s parliament for the RNP.
For the appointment of early presidential elections, it is necessary to enlist the support of 360 deputies out of 600. The RNP has only 127 mandates, and the ruling party of justice and development together with the coalition partners of 315 seats.
The prospects of the Imamoglu is also in question: the politician is not only in conclusion from which he is unlikely to be selected in the near future, but also does not have an officially confirmed higher education – its presence is a prerequisite for participation in the presidential race. The diploma of Mr. Imamoglu was annulled by the University of Istanbul on the eve of the detention of a politician, and the process of appeal will take time.
