Taking the floor in Silivri, Özgür Özel's voice was loud and his words assertive:
“Ekrem İmamoğlu will come out of here and become the president of this country.”
“We will not give up the struggle.”
“History repeats itself.”
So what was behind these promises? The answer is simple: emptiness and broken promises.
Blaming the meeting in Silivri on political pressure sets a dramatic scene, but for his own party it seems like an excuse to avoid accountability. The economy is bad, unemployment is rising, education and health systems are alarming.
In the face of these problems, Özel's speech is simply doomed to silence.
“The rhetoric that ”Ekrem İmamoğlu will be the president" may be powerful for propaganda, but without concrete policies and feasible solutions, it remains only in the air.
There are harsh words against the government and the judiciary, but not a single statement about the CHP's performance in Parliament and its own actions.
Conclusion.
This speech rising from Silivri offers nothing but a rhetorical show.
The opposition cannot be content with speeches in the square; it must touch the daily problems of the people, concretize its proposals for solutions and question its own performance.
Özel's speech does the opposite: lots of words, no action, promises in the air.