Akşener and İmamoğlu met with mukhtars at iftar

By Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Dr. In the program held at the Architect Kadir Topbaş Performance and Art Center, IYI Party Chairman Meral Akşener and İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu came together with the muhtars working in Istanbul and their families.

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“MUHTARS HAVE BEEN INACTIVED IN THE STATUS OF NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES”

IYI Party Chairman Meral Akşener said, “This is what it means. The elected muhtar, who receives more votes than a deputy, is accountable to those who elect him. He stands behind them and knows everything about them. Knowing this, the headman knows how many refugees there are in that neighborhood. He knew who was selling drugs in that neighborhood. He knew how to protect young people. He knew how to talk to the man who abused his wife or family. For example, these were taken from the hands of the headmen. Now, all of this has been done so that the neighborhood representative of a political party, namely the AK Party, can take your place. We will solve these events, this is the main issue. I was a minister, in the past, headmen like you came to me. What they wanted from me was the green passport. The mukhtar, who was elected that day by the votes of the people, and who was respected by the fact that he was elected, has been deprived of all his powers today. He became the representative of the nation, who was elected and neutralized by the citizens with great votes. Because Mr. Erdogan and his friends do not like the elected. Sorry I have to say this. He doesn’t like the elected and he doesn’t like the one who gets the big votes. Because he prefers the one-man system. It started with the mayor for him. The evacuation of the elected ones started with the mukhtars. At the point reached today, the parliament has no value. If the powers taken from the headmen were protected by the parliament, we would not be in this situation today. Citizens would not vote for this system in 2017. They came in plain sight,» he said.

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“THE MAHTAR INSTITUTION MUST BE STRENGTHEN AND INSTITUTIONALIZED”

İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu said, “Muhtarship exists in our country, perhaps as a form of government that is very rare in the world. It’s a very old office. It is a system developed by this land and our customs. Instead of losing this system, we should put forward the process to strengthen and institutionalize the mukhtar institution in an environment where democracy is climbing upwards as a need all over the world. Since the first day we took office, we, as IMM, have made a careful effort to establish a very solid dialogue relationship. For example, no matter which district I go to, I invite the mukhtars of the neighborhood. The fact that the Mayor in the district is with us, and an important factor is that our headmen are with us, strengthens us on the field. We have a choice before us. In this election, we carried out exemplary works that will carry all the democratic elements of the country to the place they deserve. I want to convey my heartfelt greetings to you. I would like to say from here that our 13th President, Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, will be the biggest defender of this issue.»