Turkey's BBP leader: Pardoning terrorists unacceptable

Mustafa Destici, leader of the Grand Unity Party (BBP), a component of Turkey's Cumhur Alliance, has voiced strong opposition to a proposed law intended to bolster national solidarity and social cohesion. Destici argued that accepting the law in its current form would be incorrect, stating that while ending terrorism is a national desire, the path to achieving it lies in rendering terrorist organizations powerless against the law, not in granting them legal concessions. He asserted that a terrorist organization's choices should not dictate the state's penal policy. "Pardoning any member of a terrorist organization who has fired a gun or detonated a bomb is unacceptable," Destici declared during a press conference at the BBP headquarters. Destici outlined his party's consistent stance on terrorism, emphasizing six core principles. These include the indivisible unity of the state, the rejection of negotiations with terrorists, the inviolability of martyr and veteran rights, the necessity of maintaining the deterrent effect of criminal justice, the primacy of the rule of law and judicial independence, and the requirement for unconditional and verifiable dissolution and remorse from terrorist groups. He specifically stated that no legal privileges should be granted, directly or indirectly, to the PKK and its affiliates unless they unequivocally declare their dissolution, complete disarmament, liquidation of all structures in Turkey and the region, and abandon any separatist objectives concerning the unitary structure of the Republic of Turkey, with tangible and verifiable proof on the ground. Destici also highlighted a fundamental principle of criminal law: individual responsibility for one's actions. He criticized the proposed law for linking an individual's legal status to the collective behavior of an organization.

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Pardoning any member of a terrorist organization who has fired a gun or detonated a bomb is unacceptable.