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| The Grand Turk |
| Erdogan will not allow a coalition |
| 2015-08-13 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] While President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... was addressing the heads of villages and neighborhoods at his presidential palace in Ankara, I watched him from live broadcasts on television and said, "This is through. We will hold early elections. He will not allow a coalition to be formed." We can also assume he has already started his election campaign since he has started his palace gatherings again. He will again use the means of state to criticize everyone from the palace podium. He had already made it clear a day before that he would not allow the optimism that came from the Davutoglu-Kilicdaroglu meeting. He said he would not extend the 45-day period to form a government because he did not have the authority to do so. Actually, he has the power. The constitution says that in the case that a government is not formed in 45 days, the president consults the Speaker of Parliament and may decide to renew the elections. There is no requirement but if he thinks a government may be formed, he may extend this period. But he will not do such a thing because, indeed, he does not want a coalition; he favors snap elections. Actually, after the June 7 elections, he specifically waited some time before assigning the mandate because he did not want the time before the forming of the parliamentary council to be used for coalition negotiations. |
| Posted by:Fred |