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Opposition accuses Erdogan of suppressing vote count — RT World News

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May 14, 2023
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The leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has urged the national election body to act “responsibly” and release the vote results, claiming that President Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party keeps objecting to the inevitable.

“My dear nation, they are blocking the system with repeated objections at ballots where we have higher votes,” Kilicdaroglu told reporters  at his party headquarters in Ankara on Sunday night.

“You cannot prevent what will happen through objections. We will not allow a fait accompli,” he added, according to Al Jazeera.

Erdogan’s AK party in turn accused the rival of “an attempt to assassinate the national will,” with spokesperson Omer Celik calling the opposition claims “irresponsible.”

The outsider candidate Sinan Ogan also chipped in with claims that his camp has “heard that some manipulations are carried out in the overseas vote counting processes.”

“We will not allow a fait accompli with a manipulation of foreign votes. Do not stress the environment. This is up to the second round,” Ogan tweeted.

The chairman of the Supreme Election Council, Ahmet Yener, dismissed accusations from the opposition that it was delaying the results, saying earlier on Sunday that the data is being entered into the system and shared with media and political parties “instantaneously.”





The election body has yet to finalize the count and announce official results, but if no candidate wins at least half of the vote, a run-off will be held on May 28.

With more than 96% of the ballots counted, Erdogan’s initially comfortable lead has fallen to 49.4% – just below the 50% majority needed to avoid a runoff, according to Anadolu. His main opposition rival, Kilicdaroglu, has 44.9%, while Sinan Ogan is a distant third with 5.3%. While the majority of the domestic votes are already counted, most of the ballots cast outside of the country are yet to be tallied. The breakdown may also change depending on how the election body deals with the votes cast for Muharrem Ince, who had withdrawn from the race but nevertheless received around 0.5%.

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