"In the second round, we can do better and defeat the existing oppressive government. We will continue to develop the struggle further,” said the Green Left Party Amed (Diyarbakır) Provincial Co-Spokesperson Abbas Şahin.
In an interview with ANF, Şahin stated: “We said before that we would do our best to eliminate and overthrow the 21-year-long fascist government without making any compromise. While doing this, we will act with an awareness of the power before us. Because we did not just fight the AKP-MHP, but also the Nation Alliance and a regime that holds all state apparatuses to suppress the opposition.”
WE WILL MAKE SELF-CRITICISM
Şahin acknowledged that his party needed self-criticism over certain issues. He continued: “Some of our activities during the election campaign may be subject to self-criticism. These are concerned with technical issues. We will make criticism and self-criticism when dealing with them. Right, we could have received over 70 percent of the vote in our strongholds. We certainly had some shortcomings. However, we should also emphasize that our party has been subjected to a massive crackdown in the last 8 years. For example, many of our votes were counted on behalf of different parties, since the Green Left Party could not employ poll watchers. We corrected some irregularities we could detect, but we have many votes stolen from us."
SECOND ROUND POINTS TO SUCCESS
Şahin pointed out that: “Our initial decision will not change. We will reveal our stance more strongly on May 28. We will overthrow this fascist government. When we look at the activities of the Green Left Party, the HDP, the opposition, the marginalized and the oppressed, we see that a government that has not been defeated for 21 years is slowly losing ground and the presidential election is heading to a runoff. This did not happen by itself. The struggle and votes of the people made it possible. This also proved a great success. There is a government that holds all state apparatuses to suppress the opposition. Despite all this, we achieved success in the first round of the election.”
NO LACK OF MOTIVATION
Şahin reiterated that Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu would again be supported by his party on May 28. He added: “We did not lose motivation because of the number of our elected deputies, and we will respond even more strongly on May 28. Especially in Kurdistan, we showed our stance with Kılıçdaroğlu receiving more than 70 percent of the votes. In the second round, we can do better and defeat the existing oppressive government. We will continue to develop the struggle further.”
