CHP preparing for congress this weekend
CHP preparing for congress this weekend
Delegates to the CHP (Republican's People Party) convention, to be held at the Ankara Arena this weekend, have as their most crucial task selecting a new 80-member party assembly for the Republican People’s Party, or CHP. Party leader Kemal Kýlýçdaroðlu’s main priority is to create a balanced list of assembly members that will include both new faces and members of the old guard – his own supporters and those close to the former party leadership.
Bloc list, although not the favorite of the party's leader, will allow Kýlýçdaroðlu to make a cleaner break from the previous CHP leadership. The current party assembly was largely shaped by former party chief Deniz Baykal and former Secretary-General Önder Sav.
Baykal, who had been pushing for a sheet list, has backed down after party members started saying Kýlýçdaroðlu should be given the chance to create his own team prior to the elections. If the list does not satisfy Baykal, there is a slim chance he could produce an alternate bloc list. Sav has meanwhile been lending his silent support to Kýlýçdaroðlu’s bloc list.
In a press conference Thursday, deputy leader Hurþit Güneþ said the convention would not result in an internal war, while Tekin told the press that Kýlýçdaroðlu would make significant statements during his speech at the convention.
In addition to the 1,242 party delegates, citizens are also invited to attend the convention at the 15,000-person-capacity arena. Expected guests include artists, writers, intellectuals and foreigners, including left-wing party representatives from Greece, Germany, Sweden, Morocco, Iraq, Austria, Bulgaria and England.
Kýlýçdaroðlu’s bloc list is expected to include Bihlun Tamaylýgil, Mehmet Ali Susam, Faik Öztrak, Gülsün Bilgehan, Gökhan Günaydýn and Hakký Süha Okay, as well as all the members of the Central Executive Board, who supported him during his showdown with Sav. The board includes Tekin, Süheyl Batum, Hurþit Güneþ, Mesut Deðer, Ýsa Gök, Ýzzet Çetin, Didem Engin, Umut Oran, Mehmet Ali Özpolat, Sencer Ayata, and Oðuz Oyan.
Bloc list, although not the favorite of the party's leader, will allow Kýlýçdaroðlu to make a cleaner break from the previous CHP leadership. The current party assembly was largely shaped by former party chief Deniz Baykal and former Secretary-General Önder Sav.
Baykal, who had been pushing for a sheet list, has backed down after party members started saying Kýlýçdaroðlu should be given the chance to create his own team prior to the elections. If the list does not satisfy Baykal, there is a slim chance he could produce an alternate bloc list. Sav has meanwhile been lending his silent support to Kýlýçdaroðlu’s bloc list.
In a press conference Thursday, deputy leader Hurþit Güneþ said the convention would not result in an internal war, while Tekin told the press that Kýlýçdaroðlu would make significant statements during his speech at the convention.
In addition to the 1,242 party delegates, citizens are also invited to attend the convention at the 15,000-person-capacity arena. Expected guests include artists, writers, intellectuals and foreigners, including left-wing party representatives from Greece, Germany, Sweden, Morocco, Iraq, Austria, Bulgaria and England.
Kýlýçdaroðlu’s bloc list is expected to include Bihlun Tamaylýgil, Mehmet Ali Susam, Faik Öztrak, Gülsün Bilgehan, Gökhan Günaydýn and Hakký Süha Okay, as well as all the members of the Central Executive Board, who supported him during his showdown with Sav. The board includes Tekin, Süheyl Batum, Hurþit Güneþ, Mesut Deðer, Ýsa Gök, Ýzzet Çetin, Didem Engin, Umut Oran, Mehmet Ali Özpolat, Sencer Ayata, and Oðuz Oyan.
