Duygu Celik, a former municipal councilor in Verviers, has been elected as the vice-president of the Socialist Party. Her political career has been limited so far, but she has been critical of her party in the past for being too sensitive towards communitarianism. She strongly believes in progressivism stamped with the seal of equality and secularism. She works in the office of Minister Christie Morreale and has now been given the role of vice-president of the Socialist Party. Celik’s missions, room for manoeuvre, and influence will be interesting to see. In an interview, she shows herself to be both faithful to her convictions and realistic in her ambitions.
What’s the use of a vice-president of the socialist party? The Liègeoise Duygu Celik has just been elected to this post. Her political “career” so far has been limited to a mandate as a municipal councilor in Verviers, a seat she left about ten years ago. At the time of a bitter defeat of her training at the local level, she was very critical of her comrades, too sensitive to her taste, to the sirens of communitarianism. She was the first to publicly denounce this drift, and “the weight of the mosques”, at the origin for a large part of the dissensions and internal quarrels which have enamelled politics in the wool city. Since then, the situation has changed a lot there. But her progressivism always wants to be stamped with the seal of equality and secularism. This is the theme of this episode of Premium cork. Was she chosen for her values, for her activism? She works in the office of Minister Christie Morreale, who was also a young vice-president, and who has since risen to prominence. What will be its missions, and its room for manoeuvre? And its influence, since its presence in the national office of the PS is worth to him to take part with deliberative voice, with the authorities of the federation of district? In this interview full of nuances and energy, she shows herself to be both faithful to her convictions and realistic in her ambitions.
In conclusion, the election of Duygu Celik as the new vice-president of the socialist party raises many questions about her role and her influence. Despite her limited political experience, her values and activism seem to have caught the attention of her colleagues in the party. It remains to be seen what her exact missions and room for manoeuvre will be, but one thing is clear: she is determined to fight for equality and secularism, and to make a difference in her new position. This interview has given us a glimpse into her convictions and ambitions, and we can only wish her the best of luck in her new role.