DİYARBAKIR- The police blocade continues with the start of the campaign swing for the local elections of HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Organization on November 20. Provincial Co-chair Filiz Buluttekin reacting to the camera surveillance system located in front of the HDP building, said that the purpose of this blocade is to tag people going in and out.
People's Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır Provincial Organization have started receiving applications for the local elections to be held on March 31, 2019. Since the day the campaign swing started, the party building is under blockade. The building is surrounded by armed vehicles and water cannons with lots of riot police. The vehicle that is claimed to have audio surveillance properties and cameras are capturing the people coming in and out of the building.
The fact that there is no such safety measures in front of any other political parties like CHP, İYİP and SP shows that these measures are solely for HDP. Buluttekin who indicates that HDP is the third biggest party of the country, stated that this blockade is unlawful. Buluttekin said: " We will make our meetings elsewhere from now on. We may even recieve the applications of candidateship if necessary. This is a pressure and intimidation policy for the candidates. They designated this as an official policy. We will be doing civil disobedience actions against this practice in front of our provincial building for one hour every morning."