OPPOSITION URGES ELECTORAL BOARD TO CANCEL REFERENDUM RESULT
• Turkey’s main opposition party on Monday urged the country’s electoral board to cancel the results of a landmark referendum that granted sweeping new powers to the nation’s president, citing what it called substantial voting irregularities.
International observers who monitored the voting also found irregularities, saying the conduct of Sunday’s referendum “fell short” of international standards. It criticized a decision Sunday by Turkey’s electoral board to accept ballots that did not have official stamps, saying that undermined safeguards against fraud.
Turkey’s electoral board confirmed the “yes” victory and said the final results would be declared in 11-12 days. The state-run Anadolu Agency said the “yes” side had 51.4 per cent of the vote.