14.11.2024 02:20
Hüseyin Çelik, who served as the Minister of National Education in the AK Party governments and is one of the founders of the party, criticized the 'trustee' decision made by the Ministry of Interior for certain municipalities, stating, "It is unacceptable to remove someone who has received the votes of half the people." Çelik also referred to the period when President Erdoğan was the Mayor of Istanbul, saying that the decrees (KHKs) should be "immediately abolished."
The recent 'Trustee' decision made by the Ministry of Interior for the mayors of Mardin, Batman, and Halfeti continues to occupy a prominent place in the political agenda. Hüseyin Çelik, a founding member of the AK Party and a former minister who served as the party spokesperson for a long time, criticized the ministry's trustee decision and harshly criticized the government.
"IT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE AK PARTY"
In a television program he attended, Hüseyin Çelik evaluated the trustee decision made by the Ministry of Interior, reminding that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was re-elected as mayor by the municipal council after being removed from office during his term as the mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Çelik stated, "The laws anticipated this. We have twisted this with a Decree Law issued after July 15. These Decree Laws have emerged under extraordinary conditions. They must be abolished immediately. You either take the Decree Laws to the Parliament and turn them into law, or you will abolish them. In this context, I do not find it right to appoint trustees to both the Mardin Metropolitan Municipality and the Esenyurt Municipality. This does not benefit the AK Party," he said.
"IF THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE IS POWER'S AUTHORITY"
Çelik said, "If they nominate Mehmet Türk instead of Ahmet Türk in Mardin, the DEM Party will still win. These attitudes backfire. Let's look at the periods of military coups. Citizens have always voted completely against those in power," he added. Çelik continued his statement as follows:
"If these people are not eligible to be elected, why did you allow it? Trustees are an exceptional measure in democracies. However, it is disrespectful to the will of the voters to remove them and appoint trustees just because people you do not want or parties you do not approve of have won. I am not a member of the DEM Party and I have no closeness to it. If justice is corrupted in a country, it means that the salt has gone bad. Once the salt has gone bad, there is nothing to be done. If there is no justice, there is the authority of power."