At the 1st Ordinary Congress of the NEW Party, which started in Ankara Arena with the slogan "Türkiye is Renewing", a video message made by artificial intelligence of the detained Presidential candidate and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was shown.
"TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW AND FREE POLITICS"
In his message, İmamoğlu stated that the NEW Party has initiated a transformation that will enable the members of political parties to have a say, decision and authority by ending the delegate system and said, "Yesterday was the last day of that old politics that everyone in this country knows very well but could not digest. The delegate system, one of the most important strongholds of the top-down understanding of politics that sees the managers above the citizens, has become history as of today. The old system based on delegate hunting and delegate lordship, where the leaders get themselves elected by the names they choose." "The era of procedural politics is over. Today is the first day of new and free politics. Today is the day when the say, decision and authority in political parties is transferred to the real owner, the members," he said.
Stating that they have initiated a radical transformation that will change politics from beginning to end, İmamoğlu continued as follows:
"From now on, members of all parties will ask the following question: Why don't I directly elect my managers and representatives? Why can't I fully exercise my right to choose and supervise in my own party? Members' ability to directly determine the party management will pave the way for citizens to have a much greater say and authority in local and country administration."
Stating that the Republic was founded on the ideal of equalizing administrators and citizens, İmamoğlu said, "Today is the day when this ideal of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk began to irreversibly penetrate political parties. I am proud of every member of the NEW Party, who achieved this under all the pressure and oppression. I have the honor of walking on the same path with you."
"IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE HEART OF THE NATION, YOU ARE NOT IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY"
İmamoğlu pointed out the situation of parties that distance themselves from the nation and argued that the government is trying every way to not give up the opportunities it has.
İmamoğlu said:
"The situation of the parties that have moved away from the nation is obvious. Even if they have all the power in their hands, if you are not in the hearts of the nation, you are not in the future of this country. A handful of people whose political lives will end in the first election are worried about this. They are trying every way to not give up the opportunities they have. Everything they have is what they have usurped from the nation. They have established an economic, political and administrative order to seize everything that belongs to the nation. Now they are trying to transfer this system of usurpation and profiteering from generation to generation."
Stating that this order cannot be sustained by usurping the will of the nation, İmamoğlu said, "They think they can achieve this dirty dream by usurping the will of the nation. They will not succeed. The nation will not surrender its will. Because we are here. We are here to the end, we are ready to death for the superiority of the national will."
"IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO OBJECT TO THIS ORDER"
Pointing to the delegates filling the congress hall and the millions waiting for a better future, İmamoğlu said:
"They ask us, why does Türkiye need a new party? The answer is in the face of you who filled this hall today. The answer is in the eyes of millions waiting for a better tomorrow all over this country. Türkiye needs a NEW Party. Because this black order not only took away the nation's rights, law and bread. It also wanted to take away their dreams for the future. It made our young people question whether they can build a life in this country."
Stating that the nation has not only objections to the current order but also expectations for the new order to be established, İmamoğlu said, "Türkiye needs the NEW Party. Because the nation now wants to see not only what we stand against, but also what we will establish. It is not enough to object to this order; instead, the will, staff and road map that will build a fair, free and prosperous Türkiye are needed. Türkiye needs the NEW Party. Because it separates people according to their identity, belief, lifestyle, and divides society into poles." "The politics that survives by dividing is exhausted. Our nation is in favor of cooperation, not conflict. That's why we exist."
"WE WILL GROW THE Türkiye ALLIANCE TOGETHER"
