In Istanbul, the mayor has to be elected again – at the request of the ruling AKP. Is that justified? No, says the head of the electoral authority. At the same time, the Opposition is under pressure.
the head of The electoral authority YSK keeps the cancellation of the mayoral election in Istanbul for an inadequate statement of reasons. He therefore voted against it, wrote Sadi Güven in a personal opinion. To repeat this at the end of the more than 200 pages long, the Declaration of the YSK, the authority explained why she was at the beginning of may this determined the choice.
Almost two months after the municipal election, the YSK justified its decision to re-election and, at 754 urns, the Chairman of the Wahlräte – be different than provided for by law – have been no officials. To do this, Güven wrote: Every electoral Council consists of seven persons, and there is no evidence that the rule, contrary to the acting Chairman, had alone had influence on the result of the election. Güven also pointed out that the ACP had also contested polls observers.