Opposition parties sign for ‘Strengthened Parliament’Ō

on the Strengthened Parliamentary System, which THE DECLARATION advocates against against the Presidential System, was announced by the Republican People’s Party (CHP), IYI Party, Saadet Party, Democrat Party, Gelecek Party, and Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) and signed by the party leaders this week.

The declaration includes the parties’ principles for the operation of government institutions. The legislature, executive organs, and judiciary have all been redesigned. The goal of the plan is to achieve “a government system which is based on effective balance and audit mechanisms with the principle of the separation of powers that also complies with the necessities of a participatory, libertarian and pluralistic democracy,” according to the party leaders. “In this system we propose that individual, fundamental rights and freedoms and civil society are strengthened; the legislature is made effective, and the executive and judiciary are made accountable. We also include guarantees for the independence and neutrality of the judiciary,” said leaders of the six opposition parties. There is a difficult and important period ahead in terms of the alliance and determination of the presidential candidate.

Parliamentary elections will be held every five years, according to the legislature part of the work. The election threshold will be reduced to 3%.

PRESIDENT NOT TO RETURN TO ACTIVE POLITICS

The President will be elected once for a 7-year period. The President will be dismissed from their party (if he has one) and won’t be able to participate in active politi cs after their term is completed. The Prime Minister will be determined among Parliament members in line with the traditions and principles of the Parliamentary System. The state of the emergency period will be shortened.

Regulations will be made in order for decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the Constitutional Court (AYM) to immediately be implemented. Judges and prosecutors who paved the way for the government and rule of law to be degraded will be required to compensate for this damage. The Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) will be dissolved, while two different councils will be formed - the Council of Judges and the Council of Prosecutors. The AYM will be reorganized and the scope of the individual application will be enlarged. At least three out of four members of the AYM will be obliged to be jurists.

INDEPENDENCE OF THE CENTRAL BANK TO BE PROTECTED

Legal and structural measures will be taken for the full independence of the Central Bank. The instrumental and operational independence of the bank will be protected against political interventions. Independent supreme boards will be reexamined and a law on political ethics will be prepared.