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HDP asking for the blessing of military and police voters
[Hurriyet Daily News] How many are they and what motives did they vote with? Was it because they had demands and expectations from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) or just because of their opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... ? The only data available is from certain voting stations located where the lodgings for military and police families are. There are no further breakdowns available. But if HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas feels he owes them also, so much the better. Is there any point in trying to falsify it by saying "No, none of the members of the families of the military or the police would vote for you; even if they do, it is not because of their love for you; but either they are parallel or because of their hatred for Erdogan. Don't assume they are your votes." However you assume and whichever way you count, it is a good thing that the HDP wants to connect with military and police families, to make a political and moral commitment for them, to feel responsible, to have their blessing. Actually it is a very good thing... I personally would not question this any further... As long as a political party, which has obtained the preference of 13 percent of the total votes that make up the national will, does not demonize the military and the police and does not declare terror as innocent... In his speech in Diyarbakir earlier this week, Demirtas mentioned the families of deaders: "Police and military staff families also voted for us in the west; we know that. Now, their sons are losing their lives. We owe all of them; we are obligated to bring peace; to stop the war..." There is no point in questioning the accuracy of this. I hope it is right. I hope the HDP will play the role it has not played until today -- to replace armed struggle with the unarmed struggle to stop the festivities... I hope these words do not echo on the rugged rocks of the Kandil mountain and come back as empty election pledges after Nov. 1... I hope this time the HDP does its share as the living proof of the fact that the weapons in the hands of the PKK have lost their meaning. I hope he does not forget that the votes he received from the east or the west are a preference for unarmed struggle against armed struggle; he keeps it in his mind that these votes were given to him to support civilian politics. Posted by: Fred 2015-10-10 |
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