AKEL denounces the new attack against the HDP party
AKEL C.C. Press Office, 18th March 2021, Nicosia
Continuing the practice of silencing any dissenting voice towards the AKP party government, the Turkish authorities yesterday proceeded to lift the parliamentary immunity of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioglu. The MP of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was sentenced for a post he made on a social network outlet five years ago. This is the 14th member of the HDP Parliamentary Group, within the space of 4 years, which has seen his/her parliamentary immunity lifted and he will be imprisoned. At the same time, a prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Turkey yesterday called for the banning of the HDP. This constitutes an all-out attack on the HDP and the democratic and political rights of any opposition political or other organized group.
AKEL denounces this new attack on HDP and expresses its solidarity with HDP, its militants and leading members who are in prison, as well as with all the forces in Turkey that are struggling against the Erdogan regime. The representatives of AKEL in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament will denounce this new attack.
