Italian delegation: Elections began with repression

2019-04-02 14:26:54


	 

	SIIRT - Olmo Perini, an activist in the Italian delegation, said that the elections had begun with pressures and drew attention to the fact that armed man around the ballot boxes show that this election is antidemocatic.

	 

	 

	At the invitation of the People's Democratic Party (HDP), dozens of activists from various countries of Europe came to the region to observe the local elections. Activists from Italy expressed their impressions of the election and election security.

	 

	 

	Activist Olmo Perini emphasized that they had first faced police oppression on the election day and said,'The elections started with pressures. The presence of armed persons in the electoral districts is an indicator of antidemocratic practices. There were many voters out there. However, around 150 police arrived. They immediately created a great barricade. That school was being used as a base there. Because we have seen that many of those who came from abroad voted in this school.'

	 

	Soldino who witnessed the police officer telling the People's Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt Deputy Sıdık Taş  'You are not my deputy. You are the deputy of the terrorists' during her observations, said: ”This is political pressure. At the same time, we were prevented from observing at many schools we visited. The fact that there are armed persons is an antidemocratic practice. We did not encounter such a situation in Italy'.

	 

	'I'M WORRIED'

	 

	Soldino who drew attention to the oppression imposed on the Kurdish people, said: "I'm worried about the situation right now. Most HDP members are kept in jail without concrete evidence and documents. In particular,They are afraid of  the Kurdish people and other groups gathering around under the roof of HDP. The police and the government are conducting policies as they wish, creating the pressure they want and creating the document they want. All this is done to create political pressure."