Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Mersin deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü has presented a statement of opposition against the report recently released by the Parliamentary Uludere Sub-Commission investigating the Roboski Massacre which claimed the life of 34 Kurdish civilians in the village of Roboski on 28 December 2011.

In his statement of opposition, Kürkçü said that following a one and a half year work, the sub-commission has reached the worst conclusion it could. Kürkçü underlined that the report by the sub-commission has failed to provide an answer to all the questions that it was supposed to answer in order to understand, explain the massacre and to reveal its perpetrators.

“The report has found out no crime in the operation which claimed the life of 34 innocent people and requires 34 times life imprisonment, it on the other hand puts the blame on Roboski villagers who

carry goods from the two sides of the border that divides their historical country”, Kürkçü said and underlined that the result of the report was unacceptable and couldn't be associated with humanity, justice, state of law and the principle of popular sovereignty.

Kürkçü also criticized the report for being concluded with safety advices for fight against smuggling instead of shedding light on those responsible for the massacre. Kürkçü noted that the report has also failed to remove the doubts that it has been delayed so far with an aim to cover up the mass killing.

Kürkçü noted that the sub-commission had led its works in an anti-democratic, secret and AKP-oriented way, and that it had violated the principles of publicity, transparency and pluralism in each phase of the work it carried out. “Furthermore, without any reasonable cause, its work was grounded on 'confidentiality' which was ruled on everything, including the report by the Ministry of the Interior, the information note by the General Staff, the files sent by the Special Authorized High Criminal Court of Diyarbakır and the footage of unmanned aerial vehicle”, he added.

Kürkçü pointed out that the report had failed to give an answer to the questions “Which authority ruled the operation? Who assessed the footage of unmanned aerial vehicle and who made the last assessment? Who provided specific intelligence on the operation? Who gave the order to fire?”

Mersin deputy remarked that the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission should reject the report of the sub-commission.