If it shatters to pieces with one flick, his career is made of glass. You will be a member of parliament from your party for four terms, then, like many MPs, you will be parachuted into the mayoralty, which is seen as a means of dominating politics with the power of money or personal enrichment, and then you will leave your party with the slightest threat.
You passed the primary election in your first term as a Member of Parliament and the trend poll in your second term with flying colors. You became a deputy by central poll in the last two elections. You entered the party council because you were on the key list at every congress. With the support of your elder brothers, you were appointed as the Mayor of Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality and became the mayor as a result of the election. Whoever you put in Tekirdağ would be chosen anyway. You resigned because your party granted you those positions but did not include them in the delegate list. Of course, all positions must be yours. Who are the organization's workers?
It is obvious from the catalog words in his statement that he will switch to AKP. Whichever mayor says "I took this decision to provide better service for my city" while resigning from his party, know that Abbas is a passenger.
Is it unknown that the government will not support mayors from opposition parties?
In addition, the resources of municipalities are more than enough to provide services without needing the support of the government. As long as it is used correctly.
With the Law No. 3030 enacted by the ANAP government in 1984, the revenues of municipalities were increased so much that each municipality turned into a giant holding company. What would you have done if you were the mayors in the 70s?
As if that were not enough, the CHP municipalities, which could not benefit properly from the general budget revenues, had their appropriations cut by the Nationalist Front government. While they could not even pay their staff salaries due to these cuts, they still provided extraordinary services.
The late Vedat Dalokay, when he was the mayor of Ankara, went on a hunger strike to protest these cuts and jumped in front of the official car of the then Prime Minister Demirel in Kızılay Square. Istanbul Mayor Ahmet İsvan was devastated by the endless strikes because salaries were not paid. Özal and Çiller did not create obstacles for Nurettin Sözen and Murat Karayalçın. But none of them even thought of changing parties.
Candan Yüceer resigned from their parties with the excuse that she was not a delegate, and Özlem Çerçioğlu and Burcu Köksal resigned from their parties with the excuse that the headquarters was putting pressure on them. Çerçioğlu and Köksal turned their backs on the AKP; Yüceer has his bundle in his hand. Okay, let's say you are offended, hurt and resigned. What's the point of switching to AKP?
You know the sentence in which you were given a prison stick to make you join the AKP. All three of you served as members of parliament for years and then as mayors. You have benefited greatly from the blessings of being a deputy and the presidency, but you are lacking in burdens.
In politics, in countries like ours, there is also going to prison. After the September 12 coup, dozens of MPs, including the chairmen, were imprisoned and exiled to Zincirbozan.
Don't you have a tenth of the heart of Sinem Dedetaş, Fatma Hürriyet Kaplan, Hakan Bahçetepe, and Ataşehir Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş, who was arrested just weeks ago for rejecting the offer to join the AKP? Of course, your comfort is important.
If you're going to pass, pass, good luck, and at least don't make fun of the nation's intelligence.
