Zeki Çeler: Ein Kandidat kann nicht zum Sprecher des Repräsentantenhauses gewählt werden, wenn die Mehrheit der Abgeordneten dagegen gestimmt hat. „Die Stellungnahme des Generalstaatsanwalts, dass dies ‚akzeptabel‘ sei, wird ‚nicht gesetzesbasiert, sondern politisch‘ sein.“

Leader of the Communal Democracy Party (*TDP*), Zeki Çeler, stated that the regulatory laws on the Assembly are clear, and “*A candidate not wanted by majority of the MPs cannot be elected as the House Speaker*”*.* … and noted that “*votes of 23 MPs will not be considered more important than the votes of the remaninig 25*”.

Çeler argued that the opinion of the Attorney-General regarding the election of the House Speaker is not legally binding, and stated that the “*favourable*” opinion of the Attorney-General will be “*not law-based, but political*”.

In his written statement, Çeler noted that the regulatory laws on the Assembly intended to ensure that in 2-candidate elections whoever receives the majority in the 5th round wins, and in the event of a single-candidate election, that “*an accepted person should be elected Speaker*” in order to ensure the proper continuation of the work of the Assembly.

Çeler said, “*A candidate not wanted by the majority of the MPss cannot be elected as the Speaker. The reverse cannot be true in any form of democratic practice. What happened last night cannot be interpreted as ‘He won with 23 votes because he was the only candidate’*”.

On the statement of the National Unity Party (*UBP*) that they will “*get an opinion from the Attorney-General*” on the election results, Çeler made the following assessment:

“*The opinion of the Attorney-General is only an opinion. It is not legally binding. Moreover; since the statute is so clear on this matter, a contrary opinion by the Attorney-General’s will be political, not law-based*”.