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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: Turkish MPs back reform package |
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Last Updated: Thursday, 10 May 2007, 18:36 GMT 19:36 UK
Turkish MPs back reform package
The Islamist-rooted AKP has a majority in parliament
Turkey's parliament has approved a major constitutional amendment that allows the president to be elected by the people rather than MPs.
More than two-thirds of MPs backed the amendment and several other reforms, proposed by the governing AK Party.
The vote came after MPs had failed to elect the AKP's presidential candidate, Abdullah Gul. Turkish secularists suspect the AKP has an Islamist agenda.
The reform package might yet be vetoed by the staunchly secularist president.
The package got the support of 376 MPs in the 550-seat assembly. It includes a proposal to make the presidential term a renewable five years, instead of the current single seven-year term.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6641381.stm |
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