Haitham al-Haddad – Who Should we Vote for in UKs MayoralElections
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The speaker discusses the importance of not just using punishing as a decision factor for a vote, but evaluating other options based on past experiences and past achievements. They also emphasize the need to support independent movements and suppressing political parties. The speaker emphasizes the importance of not just using punishing as a decision factor, but evaluating other options based on past experiences and achievements.
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I think this is a very good question,
and
I don't think that this question is limited
to the mayoral election, but also,
it covers the general election.
Now see, brothers and sisters,
one big mistake
in the democratic
process or if you want to say that
democratic
game,
yeah,
is that
don't vote based on emotions.
It doesn't work.
The harm of it
overweighs,
yeah,
the the the benefits of it, if there
is any benefit or if there are benefits.
So
I think,
the premise here, which is we want to
punish labor,
yeah, is the wrong premise.
Even if we say that it is a
strategic decision,
that should not be the premise. The premise
is we want to to
have a strategic decision
by not voting, for example, in this case,
labor,
because the other option
is better.
So there is a Russian behind it. There
is a strategy.
Not just we want to punish
this candidate, that candidate. We want to punish
labor, and we and then,
we should vote anyone else,
or we should abstain from voting.
I'm talking about the it as a general
concept.
See, I am in Istanbul now. Okay?
And
I'm meeting different people,
and yesterday,
I was saying to some close people to
me without mentioning their name. I said to
them, are you happy that
AK party lost now?
They said,
no. I said, but you used to say
that we will we want to punish Erdogan.
We want to punish AK Parti.
And then
some of those people that I spoke to,
including the students,
they said, no. We didn't vote, actually.
Neither for Jhepe,
the winning party in this in most of
the cities, actually,
in this community.
Yeah. Okay. Local elections,
and, we didn't vote. I said,
Okay.
You didn't vote. Actually,
you voted for who?
Actually, my niece
who is young. She realized this. She said,
yeah. You are right, Anurag.
Those who didn't
many, they didn't vote and they gave a
support us. They want to have voted.
Okay?
That's it. So brothers and sisters, in conclusion,
don't just use
punishing
as the deciding factor
for your,
for your
voting.
If we were to say this,
okay, we need to think of the other
possibilities.
So,
okay,
I agree with let me agree with you.
Then we would be rewarding another party.
Is that true or not?
So we will punish
labor and we will reward other parties
that maybe
if they were empowered,
they will be worse than labor.
And that's why
in the world of elections and democracy,
you need to what? You need in fact
in fact, this is an Islamic principle.
Don't insult the,
gods of the disbelievers.
If they are going to insult as a
retaliation,
if they are going to insult
Allah This means that look at the bigger
picture,
think of the consequences.
The scholars of Fosid Al Firth, they used
to say,
are connected to the outcome of that.
Therefore,
before I think of punishing
labor, am I
rewarding
any other party
that is going to be worse than
labor?
Yeah? Am I going to punish this candidate,
this particular candidate,
and reward another candidate? And don't say that
we will abstain from voting, or we will
vote for independent,
okay, or some of our, you know,
independent,
candidates
because
that in of itself, if it is not
done
based on statistics
and and facts as much as we can,
then that is considered to be what?
Rewarding
another
party that is
worse than labor.
Yeah?
So I would like to add, if you
allow me, I would like to add for
this statement that you used, which is don't
we want to punish
labor. We want to send them a strong
message. Let us add to it. Okay. Punish
labor,
but
don't reward
those who are worse than labor.
Yeah?
This is the key point. Now in terms
of the mayoral
election,
do we have other options other than,
forget about the labor. Do we have other
options other than Saiedel Khan?
Yeah? Other viable
options?
Do we have that?
Okay. And brothers and sisters, in, again, in
politics
and in the the democratic,
process,
You don't evaluate
a person
based on his statements,
his,
maybe tactics,
etcetera.
No. You, number 1, you evaluate
the party or the individual
based on
his strategy,
not tactics,
and there is a difference between tactics
and
strategy.
Number 1. And strategy
is decided by his past.
Yeah?
Deciding by his other
achievements, his his failure,
conceptualizing
those achievements,
contextualizing
those failures.
Yeah?
Also studying
his,
his manifesto or his future.
Okay? This is how to evaluate him. Now
also,
when you evaluate him, you need to evaluate
the other candidates.
If they were in the position,
Are they going to do better?
Yeah? Yeah. Okay.
Now are you telling me, doctor Selma, yeah,
that if
the conservative
were in power,
will they
condemn
Israel? Will they condemn,
okay,
the
Zionists?
They'll Will they condemn the
occupation?
No. Absolutely not. Okay. Now some people say,
no, we know you need to go for
independent.
They
can win.
Yeah. If there is a possibility for them
to win, then go for it. Yeah? According
to the parties, yes. By voting for them
just a minute. By voting for them, actually,
you are rewarding
certain parties.
Yeah. It is simple. And by the way,
doctor Salman,
you know, I'm not saying, okay, we need
to,
vote labor. Because for GLA, for example, Greater
London Authority,
don't vote labor.
Yeah? Show them that we are not happy
with them. Don't vote Labour. Yeah. And you
know that,
I'm working with the brothers from the Muslim
vote. Okay? And we never agreed to vote
labor.
Yeah? We said we need to check what
is the best for each
community, for each constituency.
They are not. Okay? Certain things that he
did. They are, of course, on Islamic. We
agree. We know about that. Yeah. But does
that mean that the the his, what, opponent
will do Islamic things?
Do you think that
the conservative or the Turei
candidate
will be,
forget about pro Palestine
issue
or pro administrations,
will be,
will will will will the candidate be just
in terms of
allowing those demonstrations
and protest,
or,
is the candidate going to work
actively
to to to suppress or to stop those
demonstrations.
So this is this is a critical thing
because now London is the hub of those
demonstrations.
And if we are not allowed to,
demonstrate in London, forget about just Palestine issue.
Anything, they this is the key issue. And
that's why even for the non Muslims, they
need to understand this, that once we are
supporting
the ministrations
for Palestine or we are actually supporting the
ministrations
for the people's choice,
which is, as they say, the heart of
the democratic game.
Now, unfortunately,
the the the establishment
or many elements of the establishment,
they don't want any opposition
to their agenda, to their policies.
Yeah. And
they they want to suppress
any,
agenda,
sorry.
Not agenda, any opposition for their agenda.
So that's why we say even to non
Muslims, you need to support us in this
issue because it became
iconic,
You know? It it became an icon for
those who want to,
to demonstrate for their
independent,
a choice for their true freedom, true
freedom,
yeah, for their true choice for the true,
democracy.