All options are on the table for HDP
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- 17:07 18/3/2021
Convening after the lawsuit to ban HDP, HDP Central Executive Board discussed their options in case of the closure of the party and decided to work more on 'organizing' and the third path.
Convening after the lawsuit to ban HDP, HDP Central Executive Board discussed their options in case of the closure of the party and decided to work more on 'organizing' and the third path.
HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan stated that the law suit to ban HDP is the result of the isolation, while Co-Chair Mithat Sancar said: "HDP has the power to continue on its way by trusting its people."
Former AKP MP Abdürrahim Aksoy, protesting the removal of HDP's Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu from being a member of the parliament, said, "Closing the party is never the solution. Especially closing the party of the Kurds is not a solution ”.
In the indictment of the caseto ban HDP, a political ban for 5 years was requested against 687 people, including the current and former co-chairs of the party.
PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's family, lawyers and guardian made a third application to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, demanding an "urgent meeting".
The "Justice Watch" launched by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the parliament after the removal of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was stripped of his status as an MP continues on its second day.
HDP Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan who thinks the prosecutor's statements about the health and safety conditions of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan is not enough, said: "We don't trust the government, we should see him face to face."
Upon the lawsuit filed by the Supreme Court, if the AYM accepts the indictment, it will ask HDP for a defense before announcing its decision. The Supreme Court can decide on the HDP's closure, or take some other measures
Underlining that HDP is the continuation of the 30 year tradition, Chairs of banned parties DEP, DEHAP and HADEP said: "Banning HDP will not be that easy. Our people will resist. They will grumble in the gizzard."
One of the founders of AKP, Abdüllatif Şener said, "Those who hope for the closure of the parties have never got any results in their own interest. They have always put the parties that support these processes in a difficult situation. They were eventually left out of the parliament themselves."
The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 112. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 91 while it is day 74 in Greece.
HDP's Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who started a "Democracy Watch" in the parliament with the party members after he his status as an MP was stripped of said: "We got this authority from the peoples" and added that they will continue the sit in until the decision of the Constitutional Court.
HDP Group started a sit in following the MP status of HDP's Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was stripped.
DP member Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu stated that he did not recognize the decision regarding him being stripped of his status as MP and he will resist at the parliament. Gergerlioğlu said: "I will use the authority I recieved from the people to the end."
AKP former Bitlis MP Abdurrahim Aksoy who shouted 'Long live democratic Turkey' was removed from the General Assembly.