CHP leader on AYM's Atalay ruling: 'Resisting the decision is to disregard the legal order'
CHP Chairperson Özgür Özel, stated that Can Atalay, against whom the Constitutional Court has issued a violation decision for the second time, should be released as soon as possible: "Resisting this decision is to disregard the constitutional legal order. We will continue to defend justice and the law."
The Chairperson of the Republican People's Party (CHP), Özgür Özel, made a statement regarding the second violation decision by the Constitutional Court (AYM) concerning Can Atalay, a Member of Parliament from the Turkey Workers' Party (TİP) representing Hatay.
In a post on his social media account X, Özel stated that the Constitution requires immediate release of Atalay.
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Özel stated in his post:
"The immediate release of the elected Member of Parliament for Hatay, Can Atalay, for whom the Constitutional Court has issued a violation decision for the second time, is a constitutional requirement.
Resisting this decision is to disregard the constitutional legal order. We will continue to defend justice and the law."
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(RT/PE)
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