'Process' message from Tuncer Bakırhan: 'It needs to be said clearly, there is a slowdown'

DEM Party Co-Chairman Tuncer Bakırhan met with representatives of some political parties at the meeting held in a hotel in Yenişehir district.

Speaking at the meeting, Bakırhan stated that the Kurdish issue was discussed in a political framework on the floor of the Parliament for the first time and said, "This process should not be seen as a process carried out by only one party and the state, the government. If we have criticisms and suggestions on this issue, we should agree. The first stage was the elimination of the PKK and its consequences. That work has almost reached the end point. We have caught such a process for the first time in 100 years. We need to care about it. I said the process, yes, there is a decrease in its tempo. We need to say this frankly here. We are in the same cause." "We are passengers. There is also a slowdown in the ongoing process here," he said.

"REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH ÖCALAN"

Noting that there are concrete steps that need to be taken, Bakırhan said, "What could these concrete steps be? First of all, Mr. Öcalan's living, communication and working conditions. Frankly, the representatives of our Kurdish parties and formations here should be able to go and discuss with Mr. Öcalan, criticize them and present their suggestions. Obstacles to this should be removed. The press should go. A board would be formed again. This was already recorded in the law passed in the Parliament. The peace and politicization board. This is the one headed by Mr. Öcalan. "The board also needs to work actively. ECHR decisions can be implemented and the trustee regime can be ended. We all need to ask the question 'Why are Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ not released?'"