Presidential system included in AKP’s election manifesto
The ruling party AKP has announced its election manifesto today, which mentions “civil constitution” and “presidential system” as the goals of the party in the new parliament.
The ruling party AKP has announced its election manifesto today, which mentions “civil constitution” and “presidential system” as the goals of the party in the new parliament. The manifesto was announced by the Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoğlu, who frequently attacked the HDP in his speech.
Davutoğlu starting by greeting the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying that they had a phone call yesterday evening before the announcement of the manifesto. Davutoğlu thus confessed that he had discussed the manifesto with the president, who according to the constitution has to be impartial.
Davutoglu called on the supporters of the AKP: “Go out on the streets so that they see what it means. Will you shake up the streets? Will you rise up in Hakkari?”
Targeting the HDP, Davutoglu said: “A peace process in Istanbul, but the spokesperson of terror in Agri. Leave aside the politics of a chameleon, of two-faced politics,” and continued his allegation that the HDP tries to gather votes by putting pressure on people.
Davutoğlu further commented on the Kobane protests of 6-8 October, saying: “That Demirtaş acted treacherously, calling on the people to rebel”.
Davutoglu said he had ordered the security forces to take every measure for election security and called on his supporters to provide security for the ballot boxes, giving a signal that the elections will take place in Kurdish cities under the shadow of arms.
Following his speech, Davutoglu started to read out the election manifesto of his party, uttering religious words. The manifesto includes “civil constitution” and “presidential system” amongst its goals. Regarding the presidential system, the manifesto says: “In a framework of freedoms, we see it as a democratic model of governance in which legislation and implementation are made effective. We see the presidential system as necessary to end the complication of authorization”. It is said in the manifesto that the current foreign policy will be continued.
Following the speech of Davutoğlu, the introduction of the candidates has begun.
