Demirtaş said in a Twitter post on Wednesday, July 8 that “The future cannot be built just based on an anti-AKP stance. The time is no longer speaking about the AKP but the future. The AKP will lose in the first upcoming election. But in the meantime, it is the historical responsibility of the opposition to bring into the open a powerful alternative that bases itself on democracy principles and gives confidence to the people.”

The jailed former HDP co-chair said that the opposition should start to see itself as the one in rulership of the “near future” and adopt policies in this manner.

“With this seriousness, the opposition should find common solution offers and come into contact with the people. Not only the political parties, but also media, academia, intellectual community and NGOs should organize activities where they come together with the people,” Demirtaş said.

“The HDP is now doing this, but this is not enough. The whole opposition should be able to gather in the same activities, with forums, panel discussions, conferences and workshops in 81 provinces and all districts.”

“The upcoming election will be Turkish political history’s most important and most magnificent election. With this election, there will be a chance to build democracy again, and in a real way,” he said.

The Kurdish politician further added that a campaign built just around a discourse pointing out the failures of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) cannot be successful in the long-run.

Demirtaş previously said that different opposition parties of Turkey should unite under the umbrella of “democracy alliance” and overcome the AKP.

“A democracy alliance can be formed with all the political structures that can unite around a program that foresees all freedoms and a democratic society-state structuring within the framework of a new constitution,” he had said in February.

Demirtaş later said that this call for a “democracy alliance” has been misunderstood as an invitation for an election alliance.

“The HDP’s call for a democracy alliance is not for an election cooperation, but is a joint wisdom call to create a bright future centered around democracy principles,” Demirtaş said in a statement in June.

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