Reaction from Yüksel Işık to the government about municipal operations

Yüksel Işık, who was dismissed from his post by the new management of the party while he was the CHP Ankara Provincial Deputy Chairman, made statements regarding the NEW Party's congress processes and ongoing operations in municipalities. Işık blamed the government by saying, "They also know that the ship is taking on water, but they are carrying out operations against the municipalities so that the people do not realize it." He said that the order has gone out of control and that it is important for the NEW Party to do politics with the participation of members in the neighborhood and in the congress in order to establish an order that does not get out of hand.

Stating that moves were made to direct the public's attention to municipalities after the fund crisis, Işık said, "They can detain the whole country if they want, after a fair and equitable trial. That does not hold ground. It is morally, legally and politically unacceptable that mayors have been detained for unclear matters, while those who pocketed billions through fund profiteering are walking around as if nothing is happening. It is clear that the order has gone to pieces. The duty of politics is 'an order that cannot be nailed.' "An organized struggle against the broken order is essential. That is why the congress processes initiated in line with NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel's determination that 'we will do politics in the neighborhood' are of great importance," he said.

"INTERNALIZATION IS A MUST"

Explaining that he is not a candidate for the NEW Party Ankara Provincial Chairmanship, Işık said, "Our friends who will be candidates in the congresses must internalize the democratic participatory organization and management model that includes everyone, embraces everyone, and will take place from the bottom up, so that we can establish 'an order that leaves no stone unturned'. The greatest duty and responsibility in this regard falls on the headquarters management responsible for the organizations. If our headquarters stands behind the words of our Chairman, Mr. Özgür Özel, and declares its impartiality, it will be possible to elect a strong organizational management with the will of our members. Ankara, too, "Turkey also needs this. In this context, I congratulate my friends, especially Lawyer Murat Yıldız, with whom I have walked the road and whose style of doing politics I know closely, who announced his candidacy for the provincial presidency to change this dark order and move our country to a bright future," he said.