Turkish President approves constitutional reform bill
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
approved a constitutional reform bill, according to his office, in a move paving
ways for a referendum on an amendments package that seeks to extend his powers.
The move came weeks after Turkey's parliament
approved a new 18-article constitution to create an executive presidency along
the lines of that in the United States and France.
The deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus
said the referendum is planned to take place on the 16th of April
2017.
The minister disclosed that the changes
would enable the president to issue decrees, declare emergency rule, appoint
ministers and top state officials and dissolve parliament – amendments.
He added that the proposed constitution would
create an executive presidency for the first time in modern Turkey, and the country
also foresees the creation of a vice president and the abolition of the office
of the prime minister.
The president further revealed that the
changes will provide stability at a time of turmoil and prevent a return to the
insubstantial coalitions of the past.
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