Yüksekdağ: 10 articles embrace demands of all oppressed

2015-03-10 16:40:32

ANKARA (DİHA) - HDP General Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ speaks in her party's weekly parliamantary group meeting in Ankara. Yüksekdağ evaluates the 10 articles presented by PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan through a joint declaration by HDP and AKP and states, "Ten articles cover the demands of equal citizenship of all identities, solutions of social and economical problems, forming a democratic constitution and demands of those struggling against unemployment and inequality". She also criticised President on his remarks towards women.

The Peoples' and Democratic Party (HDP) General Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ speaks in her party's weekly parliamantary group meeting in Ankara on Tuesday. HDP Co-chair have touched on lots of subjects which are currently on the agenda. Yüksekdağ has criticized the government and president for having mixed approaches in the peace process for the Kurdish bid pointing to the controversial "homeland secutiy bill" while speaking at her party’s parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday.

'Man is not owner of woman'

Yüksekdağ draws attention on the violence towards woman. She criticised President on his remarks of "Women are commend to you" to men. She underlines, "Man is not owner of woman. President is not the owner of woman, as well. If he knows why he has been selected for, he is the servant of this people and women. He should not forget this. Women are massacred every day. Women are imprisoned to be massacred."

'We'll shelter women at the heart of politics'

She states that they, as the HDP, shelter the women just at the heart of politics in the upcoming 2015 general elections. "HDP will not say 'we are considering importance to women' like the other parties. We are giving more to women than importance. We'll shelter the women at the heart of the politics. We see the women as the basic dynamic power. Women are bored with such remarks of other parties. We are not only at the parliament. Women have equal represntation in each mechanism of the party. We actualized equal representation for the first time. HDP has taken equal representation under assurance. This occured following the struggle of women," adds Yüksekdağ.

'Draft is not for solution of only Kurdish issue'

Yüksekdağ evaluates the 10 articles presented by PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) Leader Abdullah Öcalan through a joint declaration by HDP and AKP and states, "Ten articles cover the demands of equal citizenship of all identities, solutions of social and economical problems, forming a democratic constitution and demands of those struggling against unemployment and inequality. The draft not for the solution of only the Kurdish issue. There are the demands of women in this draft. These 10 articles embrace the demands of all oppressed. An essential road map has been formed. The ruling should give up making the Kurdish issue a political income material."

(nt)