The debate over the appointment of the Ministers of Justice and Interior has once again shown that in Turkey, it is not the substance of politics that is being discussed, but its appearance.
Whether a minister should be sworn in or not, or what the procedure for swearing in should be, may seem for a moment to be a legal issue, but in reality it is nothing more than a political discussion of a symbolic situation.
Politics where symbols are discussed is a politics that creates tension and benefits the ruling party. I do not remember that this style of politics has so far produced any public benefit or result.
The politics of tension has always worked in favor of the AK Party in the last 20 years, while the CHP, on the contrary, has always suffered.
For the CHP, politics has turned into a space for venting anger. The rhetoric at the rallies, Özgür Özel's angry mood and words in his group speeches and press statements, the MPs raising their hands in support, the occupation of the rostrum and the words spoken afterwards are nothing but anger and hamasaset.
The CHP's main problem is not the pressure of power, but the loss of its institutional weight.
Finally, instead of challenging the government, the debates in the Parliament and the occupation of the rostrum have resulted in undermining the seriousness of the Republican People's Party in the eyes of the public.
The public trusts the seriousness of the state, then they look at the rightness and vote. If you have moved away from the seriousness of the state, you cannot win the public's trust and vote.
The CHP, which constantly reacts with anger but does not offer alternative solutions to the country's problems, cannot direct the government with its power, is caught up in the agenda set by the government, and most importantly, struggles with the problem of legal legitimacy in terms of its own internal electoral system, cannot produce anything other than hesitation, not hope, in the electorate?
The operations against municipalities have created a state of institutional anxiety in the CHP. The CHP leadership meets every political development with anxiety, stress and uneasiness. Unfortunately, this situation has turned into a reflex in the party and manifests itself in anger.
As a result, political methods need to be changed. Politics should be based on rational approaches and credibility, not slogans and rhetoric.
Instead of wasting time on symbolic debates and angry rhetoric, it is time to get back to the real issues.
Because politics doesn't tolerate “frivolity”
Therefore, what needs to be done is to increase the weight of the CHP in the eyes of the electorate, not to enlarge the debates. Politics without weight cannot be an alternative to power, no matter how much noise it makes.