Turkey's ruling party today submitted to parliament a proposal for constitutional reform, which provides for enhanced powers of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, less than five months after a coup attempt to overthrow. This proposal, which aims to introduce a presidential system in place parliamentary system currently in force, transmitted to the President of Parliament Ismail Kahraman, according to the Anatolian news agency.
The text, comprising 20 articles, provides for the efficient transfer of executive power from the prime minister to the president, who until now is mainly a place of honor. The idea of strengthening Erdogan's powers worries of opponents who accuse him of having authoritarian tendencies, particularly after the failed coup attempt on 15 July. But the text advocates emphasize that the change of the system is necessary to ensure the stability of the state, as Turkey faces an unstable security situation, is faced with economic slowdown and conducting a military operation in Syria.
"If God willing, will be the beginning of a new era" for Turkey, Erdogan said today in a speech in Istanbul, before forwarding the text to parliament. "My wish is (the text) to pass with success (...) the Parliament stage," he added. The bill must be ratified by at least 330 deputies (out of 550) in order to proceed with the referendum. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the nationalist MHP, which support the bill, with a total of 355 deputies.
In an interview yesterday gave the vice president of the Turkish government Nouretin Tsanikli the television network A Haber felt that the referendum could still be held and in March.
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