Commenting on the YSK’s decision and the KCK case, BDP former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtas said the followings; “The decisions we have recently faced with show that we are facing a very difficult time. Some people are trying to drag Turkey into a war step by step. We do not concretely know when, where and by whom these plans were made but we have no doubt that these plans were made”. Demirtas called all party candidates in the region to resign and not to participate in the elections.

Demirtas continued as follows; “The unlawfulness and injustices we Kurdish politicians face in all areas also continue at courts and in the judicial process. One of the bitterest injustices we confront in politics, bureaucracy, public squares, streets, fields, schools, hospitals proceeds at the court as well. The detention of Kurdish politicians continues as they are not allowed to express and defend themselves in their mother-tongue. On top of that, the court has off its own bat splintered the file where hundreds of our companions are tried. 5-6 people will be brought to court and judged every day, which means the trial will extend to months and years. In this aspect, it is quite clear and obvious that the court acts politically, not legally. The trial has become meaningless. The court building is now performing an inoperative action. They execute the defendants at the court, not try them. The court’s sign must be changed as a prison because it has become a place of execution. No one can talk about justice, equality and law any more. In concurrence with foreign connections, some people from Ankara are intending to drag Turkey into a war step by step”.

Translation: Berna Ozgencil