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Londoners evaluate the local election

LONDONERS will be heading to seats in London's 32 boroughs will lic transport, climate change and number of Turkish-speaking can- found across Haringey, Bexley,
the polls next week in their local be up for grabs where Londoners crime have all become focal points didates in this year's elections will Croydon, Camden, Ealing, Lam-
elections where residents across can use this opportunity to use of discussion in London, giving pro- be 66. The region with the highest beth and Wandsworth.
the country use their voters to ex- their vote to reflex their view on; spective councillors the opportuni- concentration of Turkish, Turkish This week, Londra Gazete as com-
press their views on how things are local issues to issues related to the ty to address these issues in every Cypriot and Kurdish candidates is munity members living in London
going in their area. country's overall leadership. Over borough of the city. According to Enfield with a total of 33. Followed get ready to head to the polls about
Local elections in London are the past two years, local issues the research conducted by the Lon- by 11 in Waltham Forest and 8 in what issues do they find most im-
held every four years – meaning such as planning permission, pub- dra Gazete in the past weeks, the Hackney. Candidates can also be portant.

Ersu Ekrem Feyzullah Cinpolat Çimen Sadun Hassan Necmi Pirgot

ERSU EKREM long time creates an unpleasant there are now only two left. The
“We expect our council members odour.” Labor Party has run Enfield for the
to be elected to take steps, especially past 30 years, which the same party
for the benefit of the Turkish-speak- FEYZULLAH CINPOLAT says will create more youth centres.
ing society. We hope that they will I do not believe that there will be It looks like politics in Turkey now,
be sensitive to their own commu- great changes from the local elec- contradictory and empty words are
nities, just like other communities. tions that will take place on May being given.”
Apart from that, as a resident of 5th. In terms of London... In these
North London for many years, the elections, there are alternative in- CIMEN SADUN HASSAN
Edmonton incinerator needs serious dependent candidates and this is “The rising cost of living is having
control in terms of air pollution and promising. Haringey's budget has an impact on individuals and fami-
public health. decreased by 50% in 12 years. In the lies, both across the UK and in the hand, we have difficulties regarding candidates will compete in the local
We have difficulties with the col- Enfield area, the budget was frozen, capital, London. However, we are the collection of garbage. Our gar- elections, I hope this number will
lection of household garbage, for especially after the reactions caused experiencing various difficulties in bage is collected every two weeks increase in the future elections and
example, green recycling garbage is by the Edmonton incinerator Also, terms of local government. We can- in Haringey, and we are exposed to most of our candidates will be elect-
taken one week and black garbage is Enfield's budget has been reduced, not find a place to park our cars, we extraordinary and unbearable smell ed. Living in London has always
taken the next week. two years ago it had a budget of have to pay expensive fees to park when the hot weather influences. been difficult, but now it's even
More frequent collection of gar- 1.4 billion, now Enfield's budget is somewhere. With the increase in the You can't get enough of the smell in harder. Both within the framework
bage will be more beneficial in terms 1 billion. Every year we are faced cost of living after the pandemic, we Green Lanes.” of rent fees, council tax, and general
of public health, especially when the with expanding needs and shrink- are also experiencing the effect of basic needs. We would like the elect-
summer months are approaching, ing budgets...While there were 30 ULEZ. My personal opinion is the NECMI PIRGOT ed councillors to focus on the cost of
leaving the garbage outside for a youth centres in the Enfield area, abolition of ULEZ. On the other “It is very pleasing that 66 of our living.”

Day-Mer: "Gezi cannot be prosecuted, the sentences

given are unacceptable"

THE Turkish-Kurdish Solidari- and how they are still afraid of
ty Center Day-Mer issued a press the united struggle of the peo-
release after the Gezi Park trial re- ples. And these sentences are once
sulted in a conviction. again proof that there is no inde-
The statement made by Day- pendent judiciary in Turkey.
Mer they said: “We condemn the “In this process, where increas-
punishments imposed on those ing unemployment, high cost of
who participated in the Gezi re- living, poverty, plundering of na- Tayyip Erdoğan, who did not im-
sistance, which took place in 2013 ture and the environment, and plement the European Court of
and went down in Turkish histo- many problems deepened, these Human Rights (ECHR) decision to
ry as a popular resistance, on the heavy penalties given to the Gezi release Selahattin Demirtaş and
front lines. These punishments trial were also given to prevent the
are proof that the Gezi resistance, resistance and common struggle Osman Kavala...” Going on to say
in which millions of workers and that would develop.” Adding that “...Day-Mer England not to remain
laborers participated in order to European countries have failed silent against these unfair and un-
defend nature, the environment, to hold the Turkish governmenet just punishments, to participate

and democratic rights and free- accountable to human rights laws in the actions to be taken, and to
doms, still leave a deep wound in “We saw the most striking exam- increase the pressure on the Brit-
Erdoğan and the AKP government ple of this in their silence against ish government to condemn and impose sanctions, together with the local progressive groups.”