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YENİ Party leader Özel meets founding lawmakers: ‘You will keep working’

YENİ Party leader Özel meets founding lawmakers: ‘You will keep working’

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • YENİ Party leader Özgür Özel met with the party’s founding lawmakers, who asked about possible operations against the party and parliamentary dossiers.
  • Özel cited allegations involving some lawmakers from the ruling camp and urged his colleagues to continue working in the field.
  • He also warned them against arguing with the CHP and creating an artificial agenda.

YENİ Party leader Özgür Özel told the party’s founding lawmakers to keep working in the field after some of them asked about possible operations against YENİ Party and parliamentary dossiers.

Özel reportedly responded by pointing to allegations involving some lawmakers from the ruling camp. “What allegations are there is not being discussed, but will we be the ones discussed?” he said. “You will continue your work. You will be the ones most active in the field.”

What allegations are there is not being discussed, but will we be the ones discussed? You will continue your work. You will be the ones most active in the field.

— Özgür ÖzelÖzel urged YENİ Party lawmakers to remain focused on political work after questions about possible operations against the party.

He also addressed the party’s approach to the next period, warning lawmakers not to argue with the CHP or create an artificial agenda. “Do not argue with the CHP and create an artificial agenda. They are not on the agenda anyway. You should focus on what lies ahead,” Özel said, according to the report.

Do not argue with the CHP and create an artificial agenda. They are not on the agenda anyway. You should focus on what lies ahead.

— Özgür ÖzelÖzel warned lawmakers against public disputes with the CHP in the next political period.
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