With just days left until the expiration of a deadline on Aug. 23 to form a government, speculation is growing over whether Erdoğan will give a new mandate to form a government to the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), which received the second highest number of votes in the June 7 election, in line with the political customs of the country.
Davutoğlu will return the mandate to form a government to Erdoğan on the evening of Aug. 18, CNNTürk and other media outlets reported, citing remarks by officials from the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Both the CHP and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have already upped the pressure on Davutoğlu to return the mandate after his Aug. 17 meeting with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli failed to produce a coalition, while they also called on Erdoğan to give the mandate to the CHP in order to form a new government.
“It has emerged that Mr. Davutoğlu, who received the mandate, has not been able to form a coalition. He should immediately return the mandate to the president. This is what Turkey’s democratic customs require,”
CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu told Şükrü Küçükşahin of daily Hürriyet after the Davutoğlu-Bahçeli meeting.
“The president should make a new commissioning,” Kılıçdaroğlu said, noting that he believed the 45-day deadline was not in the constitution and thus not “extremely binding.”
“Beyond that, 24 hours is a very long time in politics. Many things can be done and many things can change,” Kılıçdaroğlu said.
HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş told reporters on Aug. 18 it had become clear that things will “not fall into place without holding a new election.”
“Mr. Davutoğlu needs to return the mandate as soon as possible. It was he himself who said that no possibility for a coalition was left now,” Demirtaş said. “The president should give the mandate to the CHP.”
- The HDP would be happy to meet and discuss a possible coalition with the second-biggest party, the CHP, if it is given the mandate, he added.
Erdoğan has made little secret of his preference for single-party rule and hopes that a new election would give the AKP he founded an opportunity to win back its majority.
Under the terms of the constitution, Erdoğan could dissolve Davutoğlu’s caretaker cabinet and call for the formation of an interim “election government” if no deal is reached by Aug. 23. That, however, would mean power being shared between all four parties before an election in the autumn – something that Erdoğan is not said to favor.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
18/8/15
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Turkish Prime Minister and Chairman of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Ahmet Davutoglu will return the mandate to form a government to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday after the collapse of coalition talks with two parties...
ReplyDeleteAccording to Prime Minister's Office, Davutoglu is due to meet Erdogan at 7.30 p.m. (1630 GMT) at the presidential palace in Ankara.
Erdogan had asked Davutoglu to form a new government on July 9. Since then, the four parties represented in the parliament -- AK Party, Republican People’s Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) -- have been searching for a coalition agreement.
The AK Party began talks with the CHP on July 13, and after a month of negotiations, the process dissolved on August 13 without the parties reaching a compromise.
Davutoglu then sought out the MHP for a government, but the talks proved short-lived after the leaders announced there was no agreement following a two-hour meeting.
When the deadline to form a government expires on Aug. 23, either Erdogan or the parliament may decide to hold a new election. If the president issues the decision, then polling is supposed to be held in the first Sunday following a 90-day period starting from the end of the first deadline...........http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/576653--turkey-pm-to-return-mandate-to-form-govt
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Ο πρωθυπουργός της Τουρκίας Αχμέτ Νταβούτογλου επέστρεψε επισήμως την εντολή σχηματισμού κυβέρνησης που είχε λάβει τον Ιούλιο στον πρόεδρο της χώρας Ρετζέπ Ταγίπ Ερντογάν, ανακοίνωσε η προεδρία μετά τη συνάντηση των δύο ανδρών απόψε στο προεδρικό μέγαρο...
ReplyDeleteΗ παράδοση της εντολής από τον Νταβούτογλου ήταν μια αναμενόμενη ενέργεια καθώς οι διαπραγματεύσεις μεταξύ του κυβερνώντος Κόμματος Δικαιοσύνης και Ανάπτυξης και του εθνικιστικού MHP κατέρρευσαν την Δευτέρα. Ο πρόεδρος Ερντογάν μπορεί να δώσει την εντολή στο δεύτερο μεγαλύτερο κόμμα του κοινοβουλίου, το Ρεπουμπλικανικό Λαϊκό (CHP), αν και θεωρείται ευρέως ότι ούτε αυτό θα καταφέρει να σχηματίσει κυβέρνηση συνασπισμού.
Εάν δεν σχηματιστεί κυβέρνηση μέχρι τις 23 Αυγούστου ο πρόεδρος θα πρέπει να αναθέσει σε μια μεταβατική υπηρεσιακή κυβέρνηση να οδηγήσει τη χώρα σε νέες βουλευτικές εκλογές το φθινόπωρο.
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Turkey's high election board has proposed November 1 as a date for possible snap parliamentary elections, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials said on Thursday...
ReplyDeletePrime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu formally ended attempts to find a junior coalition partner on Tuesday after weeks of talks with opposition parties failed, handing the mandate back to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and making a snap election almost inevitable.
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