“Bahçeli wants us to fight with the MHP in order to consolidate his voters. We won’t fall for that trap,” Kılıçdaroğlu told the heads of 81 districts in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, adding that there was no need to target the MHP.
“We don’t need to target the MHP. There is no need for a fight or a special opposition,” he said.
During his speech, Kılıçdaroğlu reiterated the CHP’s stance on the introduction of the presidential system.
“Bahçeli sees what I see. If I’m thinking of the future of this country, Bahçeli should do that too. We are against the presidential system; that’s it,” Kılıçdaroğlu said.
Saying the CHP needed to explain why they were against the presidential system, Kılıçdaroğlu said the reason they had not commented fully on the system being proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was that they had not yet seen the text.
“We have to explain why we are against the presidential system. Why are we not going into details? Because there is no text. We will talk about it after the text surfaces. I still have doubts that Bahçeli will say ‘yes’ to the system they’re [AKP] going to propose. They may not say ‘yes.’ There is no point in yelling and shouting without having a clear picture in front of us,” he said