New CHP Minimum Wage Statement
Özkoç made the following assessment on the subject at the press conference he held in Parliament:
THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF THE HSK
I absolutely do not trust the Minister of Justice. The other day, I asked the Minister in Parliament about the words of the Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu about the collaborative kidnapping of Sezgin Baran Korkmaz. There are 4 court decisions regarding Sezgin Baran Korkmaz; He cannot go abroad, his assets have been confiscated, he is a money launderer…
* ‘How did the Ministry of Justice abolish these decisions and how did it ignore them? I said, ‘Did you also get involved? He said: ‘By Allah, I cannot get involved in such things. You are the Minister of Justice! The Minister of the Interior says: ‘The Ministry of Justice is also involved in this.’ Your answer will be; Is it ‘I can’t get involved in these things, I don’t know these things…’?
* If you don’t know, why are you sitting in that office, why are you occupying it? Don’t you also chair the Council of Judges and Prosecutors? If there are people involved in the crimes, if there are prosecutors, if there are judges, aren’t you the one who should do what is necessary in this regard?
*Justice is the leaven of a society, friends. The interest of a group upsets the scales of justice, and therefore of the laws, therefore the Constitution is not drawn up on a table. The constitution is not prepared with the mind of the palace, it is made with the alliance of the entire society and taking their opinions.
WHY DID YOU CANCEL?
*The AKP government, which was going to hold a last-minute press conference for the constitutional package yesterday, canceled the press conference. Who participated, what did they do, why did they cancel? They went to the palace to ask for advice or to invite them to the palace, to dictate something else…
*What is Parliament President Şentop doing in that meeting? Şentop, the president of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly, ranks above politics. Is it convenient for a speaker of parliament to be the AKP’s constitutional expert?
* What would happen if you did your own duty first? I am calling from here: a deputy was beaten in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He had a pacemaker, they had to put him to sleep. Did you say a word about it? How are you, the Speaker of the Assembly!”
THE MINIMUM WAGE MUST BE ABOVE 10 THOUSAND LIRA
Engin Özkoç, vice president of the CHP group, also referred to the studies on the determination of the minimum wage and emphasized the importance of the figure to be determined, stating that 50 percent of employees in Turkey work for the minimum wage.
Özkoç summarized as follows:
*The Ministry did a survey, and they said in the survey: The employer said they got 7,500 TL, the employees said they got 7,500 TL. Fear God! Where and with whom did you conduct this survey? Which worker said that my head should be 7 thousand 500 liras, he said enough for me.
* All unions, employers, the government should see this; Everyone who works and deserves to be rewarded for their hard work should be paid as they will live in Turkey with dignity. The minimum salary must be higher than 10 thousand lire.
*Although the figure to be determined exceeds 10,000 lire, will it be enough against this inflation?
* It will melt in two to three months. Minimum wage isn’t just about eating, folks. You have housing expenses, heating expenses, transportation expenses, education expenses, human clothing expenses, there are minimal expenses to live in society.
* Therefore, when considering the minimum wage, we must not ignore the scourge of inflation created by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his presidential system, who said: ‘Inflation will drop to single digits in 2023.’ This system definitely needs to be changed for prosperity.”
FIST ATTACK RESPONSE TO AKP
Engin Özkoç reacted to the statement by AKP spokesman Ömer Çelik, who blamed the CHP for AKP member Zafer Işık’s fist attack on IYI Trabzon Party deputy Hüseyin Örs.
Özkoç said: “Ömer Çelik said: ‘The AKP that carried out the coup is the guilty Republican People’s Party.’ CHP was to blame, why? Why is the Popular Republican Party guilty? This understanding, which admits no crime and has not achieved any success despite having been in power for 20 years, shows the opposition as the only one to blame. I hope this changes the presidential system in the next elections in 6 months, within the opposition, unity and solidarity, makes the national assembly respect itself again, and our children, youth, women, workers, merchants and peasants live the life they deserve,” he said.