The fate of a nation is jeopardized the day it loses the courage to speak the truth. And the reputation of a party begins to erode the day it avoids difficult questions. This is exactly the test before the Republican People's Party today.
In the coming days, it seems that a one-sentence discourse is being tried to be established within the party: “The file is empty.” This statement may be a shield to save the day, but the CHP is not an organization founded to save the day. This party exists to establish accountable governance in the country. And accountability is not achieved by ignoring the truth, but by addressing it.
Today Ekrem İmamoğlu is not just a mayor; he is being put forward as the CHP's de facto presidential candidate. At such a threshold, ignoring the legal file in front of him without discussing it is neither in line with the party tradition nor with the seriousness of the state.
It is necessary to tell the truth without bending it: This file is not empty.
On file;
official tender documents,
bank and financial transactions,
MASAK reports,
expert examinations,
camera recordings,
HTS and base data,
witness and effective remorse statements.
The state mind does not look at individual parts; it sees the whole. The repeated intersection of the same names, at the same times, around the same decision processes, points to a picture that needs to be taken seriously. “The file is empty” is to ignore this picture.
Ignoring problems does not make them go away; it only postpones them. When the time comes, the postponed problems come back with a much heavier price.
Of course, an indictment is not a court decision. The prosecutor does not pass judgment. These are basic truths of law. However, denying the indictment altogether does not mean defending the law. On the contrary, it weakens the political mind and leaves the institution vulnerable.
From here I make an open call to CHP organizations:
Your duty is not to produce slogans. Your job is not to silence questions. Your job is to protect the party's intellect, reputation and future.
A candidate gains strength not because his/her file is ignored, but because he/she is able to face it. State governance does not survive by hiding the truth, but by dealing with it openly.
This is not a call for separation. This is a call for responsibility.
Talk about the file. Speak the truth. Ask the questions.
Because the Republic is not the work of those who run away from the truth, but of those who courageously take on the truth.