Turkish opposition doesn't want to delay the elections

The leader of the Turkish opposition has rejected the idea of postponing the elections scheduled for June due to the twin earthquakes that hit southern Turkey last week, saying that the constitution only allows such a measure during the state of war. 

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), told a local news outlet that the constitution must be followed in the election process.

“No one can create a legal norm of his own by inventing justifications other than the constitution and laws. There is a constitution,” he said. 

Multiple Turkish sources close to the government told Middle East Eye on Monday that officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been exploring ways to delay the elections due to severe infrastructure damage after the earthquakes as well as public anger against the government over its handling of the disaster. 

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Turkey earthquake: The opposition doesn't want to delay the elections