According to Dihaber, Ridvan Yilmaz, spokesperson of HDP Election Committee, stated that polling
clerks were subjected to pressure and sent away, unstamped ballots and envelops were used and block votes
were cast in many rural neighborhoods.
Block vote in 60 neighborhoods
Sharing the findings of the investigation for revealing the irregularities
in referendum, Yavuz stated that block votes were cast in many rural neighborhoods.
Yilmaz said:
This shows that people of Viransehir doesn’t accept the trustee,
but they were denied the right to vote freely and a forced ‘yes’ was achieved
with pressure and fraud.”
Yavuz also added that this kind of fraud took place in more than 1,200 villages in Urfa city,
they collected all documents and objected to results in many ballot boxes.
He said that Viransehir district is an example to that.
A trustee was assigned to the municipality of Viransehir, where 13,067 “yes” and 58 “no” votes were cast in referendum.
“This result doesn’t make any sense.
We expect SBE (Supreme Board of Election) to act morally.
Many villages in Viransehir voted for HDP in previous elections.
If there weren’t block voting, the result of the referendum would have been different in those villages.
( Gagrule )