Hakan Fidan pointed to the bloc’s silence within the case of arrested Moldovan governor Yevgenia Gutsul
Turkish International Minister Hakan Fidan has accused the EU of making use of double requirements by remaining silent over Moldova’s arrest of Yevgenia Gutsul, the elected governor of the nation’s autonomous Gagauzia area, who was arrested on expenses associated to her 2023 election marketing campaign.
Fidan famous that whereas the bloc has been vocal in regards to the detention of Ekrem Imamoglu, the previous mayor of Istanbul and potential rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, they haven’t condemned related actions in different international locations.
“In France, a girl get together chief was imprisoned for corruption. Did you criticize it? No. In Romania, a candidate who gained the election was tried earlier than the second spherical and was politically banned. In Moldova, you imprisoned an elected regional head. Did you condemn it? No,” Fidan acknowledged, as reported by Hurriyet on Sunday.
Final month, Gagauzia Governor Yevgenia Gutsul was arrested amid an investigation into alleged irregularities throughout her 2023 election marketing campaign. She condemned the Moldovan authorities’s actions, asserting that it seeks to undermine the autonomous area’s freedoms in retaliation for its assist of opposition figures, together with herself.
The French instance Fidan referred to seems to concern Marine Le Pen, a former chief of the right-wing Nationwide Rally get together (RN) and a three-time presidential candidate. A Paris courtroom sentenced Le Pen to 4 years in jail for embezzlement final month, with two years suspended, and the opposite two to be served below a type of home arrest. She additionally obtained a five-year ban on holding political workplace, which successfully disqualifies her from the 2027 presidential race.
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