JINHA

AMED – While the protests in front of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality continue, the HDP Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ made a statement and said, “We call for stand up for our will and votes. We will be in the streets today and tomorrow. The usurpers will go, the elected stay.”

The protests against the arrest of Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, co-mayors of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality, and police raid on the municipality building continue in front of the municipality building. As the people don’t leave the area despite many police attacks, the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-chair Sebahat Tuncel and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ issued a press statement.

Sebahat said, “The AKP continues their hostility with their dirty policy. The AKP didn’t accept the result of election and drove the country to the coup in order to eliminate the result. The country becomes a torture place. The approach against the people’s will is clear. We are here because our co-mayors were detained unlawful. They were detained for serving the people. Those who practice terrorism and separatism in the country are the people in Ankara. They forcibly seize our municipalities and prevent us to use our protest right. This unlawful should be ended immediately.”

The HDP Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ condemned the arrests and said, “They activate their dirty methods for the establishment of their sovereignty. Today, we face another method. There is a clear attack on the people’s will. The situation we are facing now is fascism. The country is being driven to chaos and the political power makes it deeper. We call for stand up for our will and votes. We will be in the streets today and tomorrow. The usurpers will go and the elected stay. We will be in the streets today and tomorrow. Our people will continue to protect their rights for democracy and freedom.

VAN

The HDP MPs, Metropolitan Municipality co-mayors, the HDP co-chairs, the HDP and DBP Provincial and District organizations, the KJA (Free Women’s Congress) Peace Mothers’ Council and many citizens made a statement in Sanat Street of Van in order to protest the arrest of co-mayors of the Diyarbakır Municipality and raid on the its building. They condemn the arrests and said, “We will protest that until co-mayors to be released. We demand from our people to stand up for the elected.”

(ekip/gc/gd)