Özgür Özel speaks at the Turkish Grand National Assembly

New Party Chairman Özgür Özel took the podium at his party's weekly group meeting in the Parliament. Özel said the following in summary:

"Our nation gave the order for the establishment of the New Party. Our nation created the budget of this party. That is why we have a great responsibility towards our nation. When we set out, we promised that nothing would be the same as before. We said that the say, authority and decision-making authority would be entirely in the hands of the members. We said that if there are many candidates, we will submit it to the pre-selection of the members. This weekend, we had provincial elections in which all our members will vote. We made the promise after the rally in Yozgat, where we filled the square. On Saturday, in Yozgat We met with our members, then we were in Kırıkkale and then in the Capital.

If I made the decision alone, I would definitely be wrong; We said that 2 thousand 300 people should live in Yozgat and decide in Yozgat. We said that 5 thousand people should make their decision in Kırıkkale and 64 thousand people in Ankara. Our current membership number is 772 thousand. On Sunday, 65 percent of our members went to the polls and directly determined the management of the party. We all see together that provincial presidents will now receive power directly from the members. It will set an example for all parties in the future. When we come to power, we will implement this for all parties.

Our nation is experiencing livelihood and survival problems. Anxiety about the future did not fall from the sky. You cannot build the right wall with the wrong bricks. The funding crisis is getting deeper every day. While 20 billion dollars were talked about in the first weeks, today impartial experts on the subject are talking about 110 billion dollars. The former CMB chairman was in office until yesterday. Finally, 3 of them resigned yesterday and signed saying "I was dismissed yesterday."

In the first week, we said how we would solve this problem as a bill. Our people prepared that the full list of profiteers should be disclosed, their assets should be seized, and how to go after the money smuggled to other countries. We showed the way 4 weeks ago. They opened a repentance account and proposed that if you deposit the money you stole into this account, I will leave you alone.