Mansur Yavaş: If İmamoğlu is given a political ban, all CHP mayors will resign from their positions.

The case in which Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is being prosecuted for allegedly calling the members of the Supreme Election Council (YSK) "fools" is still under review by the Court of Appeals. While CHP officials meet periodically to discuss the matter, the decision awaiting in the appeals court is a subject of great curiosity.

ATTENTION-GRABBING STATEMENT FROM MANSUR YAVAŞ

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş gave a noteworthy response when asked what they would do if a political ban were to be imposed on Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

"WE ALL WOULD RESIGN AND SEND A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD"

Yavaş stated that if a ban were to be imposed on İmamoğlu during the judicial process, which he described as a political case, all CHP mayors would resign from their positions. Yavaş said: "We cannot get involved in an event like slandering each other. Because when we, as 11 metropolitan mayors, talked among ourselves before, we said that if the government behaves this way when such cases are opened, we would all resign and send a message to the world if necessary. We said we should support each other because we were aware of our responsibilities."

"İMAMOĞLU CLAIMS HE SAID THESE WORDS TO SOYLU"

Again, God forbid, if such a penalty is imposed, we will decide together what to do. I believe that such a decision should not be made. This is how it should be. When you look at the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, it is said that not only these words but even much harsher ones should be tolerated. İmamoğlu also claims that he said these words to Soylu. Therefore, when there is nothing to be prosecuted, and a decision of non-prosecution should be given, unfortunately, our public is occupied with this for days.

"85 MILLION PEOPLE PAY THE PRICE"

This is our shame. Because you can file a lawsuit against a person politically and impose a penalty. But in a place where politics is designed through the judiciary, trust in the law gradually diminishes. We are already at the back of the rankings in terms of trust in the law. In a country like this, the economy will never improve. No one comes here to invest. Everyone knows this. If you play with the law just to gain a political advantage, 85 million people pay the price for it."