As Türkiye heads to an election runoff on May 28, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday stated his People’s Alliance has began making ready for the a lot anticipated vote.
“The will manifested in the ballot box is sacred. As the alliance, we immediately started preparing for May 28. I had my meetings with all the (party) leaders today,” Erdoğan stated throughout his first joint stay broadcast, with broadcasters CNN Turk and Kanal D, after final Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
Millions of voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect the nation’s president and members of its 600-seat parliament.
Erdoğan’s People’s Alliance gained a majority in parliament, whereas the presidential race is headed to a second spherical on May 28.
In the primary spherical held on May 14, no candidate gained an outright majority, though Erdoğan was main.
Erdoğan will face Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chief of the primary opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and joint candidate for the six-party opposition Nation Alliance, within the runoff vote.
“I would like to thank my citizens for the record participation. We had a great democracy festival befitting Türkiye. It could be unique in the world. The turnout was around 90%,” Erdoğan stated, including that he expects excessive turnout within the second spherical as nicely.
Erdoğan additionally hailed the excessive turnout amongst Turkish voters overseas, saying he expects the identical for the runoff.
It is important to make good use of the subsequent 12 days, he added.
VISIT TO QUAKE-HIT REGION
“I will visit some part of the quake-hit area this weekend. I am not thinking of holding rallies, but we can hold meetings in the earthquake zone,” he stated.
Erdoğan’s Justice and Development (AK) Party got here out on high in Sunday’s elections in 10 of the 11 provinces hit by Feb. 6 highly effective earthquakes, claiming the lives of greater than 50,000 individuals.
The president has vowed to rebuild the nation’s southern area by constructing a complete of 650,000 new homes, 319,000 of which shall be delivered in a single yr, and erase the traces of earthquake victims.
Erdoğan stated he could have a robust Cabinet within the new interval whereas eliminating the present shortcomings.
He vowed to keep up contact with all leaders in world in step with Türkiye’s pursuits.
“We should not have such a factor as pulling a rustic and pushing a rustic away. There is not any query of defying Russia because the CHP did.
“There is no leader that I am offended by. I am negotiating with all of them. When you throw a country aside, you lose,” Erdoğan stated.
Last week, Kılıçdaroğlu accused Russia of being behind leaked movies meant to discredit sure presidential candidates.
Moscow, in return, rejected accusations, saying there may be no query of any interference of Russia within the Turkish elections, and that “those who spread such rumors are liars.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
