Turkey’s right-wing IYI ​​party caused jitters in the opposition alliance against President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday when it pulled out of the bloc over differences over its candidate in presidential elections two months from now, according to Reuters.

The public split after months of divisiveness comes after Erdogan said this week that elections would be held on May 14 despite criticism of his government’s response to last month’s devastating earthquakes in southeast Turkey.

Speaking at the party’s headquarters in Ankara, IYI leader Meral Aksener said the other five alliance parties have nominated Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu as their presidential candidate.

But Aksener said her party, the second-largest in the alliance, would not “bow in” to pressure to accept it. Instead, she nominated the mayors of Istanbul and Ankara, both from the CHP, saying opinion polls showed they would beat Erdogan by a wide margin.

“Since yesterday, the Table of Six (opposition parties) has lost the ability to reflect the will of the people in its decisions,” she said, signaling her party’s exit from the alliance.

“This is no longer a platform through which you can discuss potential candidates, but a table that works on stamping a single candidate,” she added.

Aksener said the nation asked Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas to do their “duty” by inviting them to run as candidates, an offer they later rejected.

In a video posted on social media hours after Aksener’s announcement, Kılıçdaroğlu made it clear that more parties would join their alliance, saying “the table must expand.”

“Political games, rudeness and Erdoğan-type speeches have no place at this table,” he said, apparently responding to Aksener.