CHP Rejects HDP’s Call for Emergency Meeting

Republican People’s Party (CHP) rejected twice Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş’s call for emergency parliamentary meeting after Suruç Massacre.

110 signatures of deputies are needed for emergency meeting in parliament unless Parliamentary Speaker calls for it.

HDP has 80 deputies in Turkey’s parliament. That’s why, 30 deputies’ support is needed for HDP’s call.

Speaker İsmet Yılmaz left the decision to political parties and didn’t interfere.

CHP: We don’t participate in it

According to the news of Radikal Newspaper, HDP Group Deputy Chairpersons met CHP Group Deputy Chairpersons and Speaker.

CHP Group Deputy Chairpersons stated they wouldn’t participate in that attempt.

Officials from HDP indicated that CHP’s attitude contrasted with their general speech and CHP should side with social peace. HDP requested CHP to reconsider but Republican People’s Party gave a negative answer again.

HDP Group Deputy Chairman Baluken: We’ll make an attempt once more

HDP Group Deputy Chairman İdris Baluken criticized CHP via his twitter account:

"We need support of deputies who side with peace. HDP thinks both Justice and Development Party (AKP) and CHP deputies who are anxious about goings-on will support us. We believe there are CHP deputies who side with peace, democracy and brotherhood of people and are worried about Rojava and Syria policy.”

CHP said “National mourning should be declared”

CHP Spokesperson Haluk Koç:

“I would like to remark that a national mourning should be declared to commemorate young people who lost their lives during Suruç Explosion and condemn terrorism since whoever king of whichever republic dies and mourning is declared.”

CHP Vice Presidents Veli Ağbaba and Sezgin Tanrıkulu and Group Deputy Chairperson Özgür Özel offered a legislative proposal to Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) for a national mourning to be declared for the dead ones. (EKN/BD)

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