Özel allies take CHP crisis to court with new convention bid
The Republican People’s Party (CHP) faction loyal to ousted leader Özgür Özel has said it will apply on July 14 for the appointment of a committee to lead the main opposition movement toward an extraordinary convention amid an escalating internal dispute.
A three-member team likely to be appointed by a court would be tasked solely with organizing an irregular vote to resolve the leadership crisis, the Özel wing’s spokesperson Zeynel Emre said at a press conference on July 13.
The move comes after 27 members of the CHP’s Party Assembly aligned with Özel resigned in an effort to eliminate the body’s quorum and ask a court to formally recognize that the party organ is no longer able to function.
Under the CHP’s bylaws, the loss of quorum requires an emergency convention to replace Party Assembly members. Özel’s allies argue that the process should also include a vote for the party leadership.
