The February 6 earthquake that devastated Turkey could “become a trigger for change” that would “make people question the present and future” of the country, Social Democrat MP Isabel Meirelles said this Sunday in an interview with Luce.
“The tragedy has called everything into question, it has provoked a challenge to the ability of the authorities to respond, corruption and structural weakness in the construction and organization of cities. All this was brought under control by the earthquake,” the Portuguese MP stressed. , which will be part of the group of observers of the Council of Europe for the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, which will be held on May 14.
For a social democrat, “the wounds are not yet healed” in Turkey after more than 50,000 deaths, two million displaced people, entire cities destroyed, communities without homes, and entire families disintegrated.