Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block deputy Selahattin Demirtaþ, has said in an interview with the daily Milliyet that the Block boycotting decision can only be reversed if the government act seriously about the unjust decision taken by the Election Board. "Our demand is clear. - Milliyet quoted Demirtaþ saying - If the Justice and Development Party [AK Party] makes constitutional amendments and pledges to hold by-elections in Diyarbakýr, we would lend support to the relevant legal changes. But it does not seem that the AK Party is uneasy with the situation of Dicle and the other jailed deputies".

The Block is currently boycotting Parliament over the disqualification of Hatip Dicle who was elected in Diyarbakýr.

Dicle was convicted of “disseminating propaganda for the PKK” in 2009 by the Ankara 11th High Criminal Court, and the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the decision in March of this year. The court sentenced Dicle to one year, eight months in prison on terrorism charges. The ruling on Dicle decreased the number of seats won by BDP-backed deputies to 35 and increased those of the AK Party to 327.