MHP leader: Erdoan wants to rule Turkey like a 'family business'
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12/8/2015 9:01:37 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) While bidding to impose a presidential system in Turkey PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoanactually aims to govern the country “like a family business” Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said.
“Erdoan’s temperament is spreading danger” Bahçeli said at a parliamentary group meeting of his party on Dec. 8 openly calling on Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoluto take control of foreign policy as Erdoan’s unpredictable conduct is creating “growing danger.”
The MHP focused on Erdoan’s recent remarks in which he floated the idea of transforming Turkey into a “semi-presidential” system in order to remove the country’s alleged “dual-headed system” referring to the powers held by the elected president and the elected prime minister.
Bahçeli said Erdoan’s insistence on the issue at a time when Turkey is embroiled in a deep foreign policy crisis particularly when tensions betweenAnkaraand Moscow have escalated after Turkey’s recent downing of aRussianwarplane near its border with Syria shows how he prioritizes his personal interests over national interests.
“He [Erdoan] wants to rule the state like his own family business. The issue is about securing Erdoan’s prosperity and future not Turkey’s. The issue is not about reforming the system but satisfying and nourishing Erdoan’s personal goal” he stated.
“Let’s image that Erdoan becomes ‘the president’ or a ‘partisan-president’ who will guarantee that he will then not ask for the kingdom?” he asked referring to Erdoan’s remarks in favor of passing a constitutional amendment that would pave the way for a partisan-presidential system.
“After making his son-in-law minister who will prevent his son from ascending to throne as the second Erdoan?” Bahçeli also said referring to ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Berat Albayrak the president’s son-in-law who was appointed as Turkey’s new energy minister last month in Davutolu’s new cabinet.
“I’m calling on Mr. Davutolu: You are the government. You hold the authority. The national will has tasked your party with governing the country. In foreign policy multi-headedness and the government remaining idle are very disadvantageous” Bahçeli said.
“Leaving foreign policy solely to Erdoan’s daily polemical remarks leaves the government behind and is seriously unfavorable for Turkey. Mr. Prime Minister do not allow this. Fulfill your duties. Conduct foreign policy and insistently ask the president to remain within his constitutional boundaries” he added.
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