CHP Central Executive Board (MYK) and Party Assembly (PM) meetings were held under the chairmanship of Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. After the meeting, Party Spokesperson Müslim Sarı made a statement regarding the MYK and PM agenda. Evaluating the economic data, Sarı said, "When we look at the NPL rates, we have reached the highest point of the historical data set. The last time we reached this high point was in 2016. Despite the financial crises, pandemic and economic recession we have experienced in the 10 years from 2016 to today, the NPL rate has never been this high. The NPL rate in consumer loans has reached its historical peak at 6.75 percent. Citizens take out loans to meet their needs but cannot repay them. "The situation is no different for cards; citizens have become unable to make even minimum payments, and the rate has reached its highest level in recent times, at 5.7 percent. There is a 54 percent increase in the amount of bounced checks in the first 8 months compared to the same period last year, and a 46 percent increase on an annual basis. This shows that the bounce rate is higher in high amount checks, meaning that not only SMEs but also large enterprises are experiencing a serious liquidity crisis."
'THE ISSUE IS TO DRY THE SWAMP'
Speaking about the liquidation process related to the fund investigation, Sarı said, "It seems that a liquidation process has begun in the funds. First, payments of 1 million 600 thousand liras were on the agenda, and in the last meeting, the payment of approximately 40 billion liras in the short term was discussed. We have two basic sensitivities in this process. First, public resources and citizens' taxes should never be used in the liquidation of these funds. Secondly, the trials should be removed from the scope of simple crimes and carried out within the framework of organized crime. The issue is not to seize the assets of 3-5 people, "It is to dry the swamp," he said.
'THE PURPOSE OF OPERATIONS IS TO CHANGE THE AGENDA'
Speaking about the operations against local governments, Sarı said, "In the last 10 days, operations have been carried out in 10 municipalities, including Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul Eyüpsultan, Ataşehir, İzmir Bayraklı, İzmir Çeşme, Mersin Silifke, Ankara Etimesgut and Ardahan Damal. It is significant that all of these operations were carried out in municipalities where CHP members or CHP voters voted. The perpetrator must of course be tried, but allegations of tender and accounting irregularities can only be made by the opposition." "It is not credible to claim that this is happening in municipalities. The main motivation of this intensity of operation is to overshadow the discussions on fund corruption, which is the biggest corruption of the last 25 years, and to change the agenda. The simultaneous operation for three unrelated municipal files in Mersin is an indication of this. The arrest of mayors while people with political connections are left untouched shows that the arrest is used as a punishment."
'WE PREFER COMPROMISE IN TBB ELECTION'
Sarı stated that the deputy chairman election of the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye (TBB) will be held tomorrow, and reminded that 370 of the around 860 delegates are from the People's Alliance and 437 delegates are from the opposition. Sarı said, "Actually, the strength of the opposition is at least 50 times greater than the strength of the People's Alliance. We talked to the New Party, but our candidate was not deemed suitable. We asked them, 'Who do you want, what is your assessment?' They suggested a candidate to us, we accepted the candidate they suggested. However, despite all our efforts, despite our proposals for cooperation, unfortunately, our friends in the New Party, with their classic rhetoric of 'We will not side with the people, we will not cooperate', chose the candidate they suggested and the candidate we agreed with." They did not accept it and chose to nominate a separate, independent candidate. The Mayor of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality, who was a mayor elected from the ranks of the CHP, passed to the New Party. They proposed this lady as the TBB candidate of the New Party. Although our proposals for cooperation were rejected, we decided not to nominate Ms. Ayşe Ünlüce in the TBB election. We are making this sacrifice.
'IT IS A PERCEPTION OPERATION'
