Respect to all my friends doing monitoring and support work in todays presidential election. According to local media reports, state broadcaster TRT devoted 533 minutes to the prime minister between 4 and 6 July, while Ihsanoglu was covered for little more than three minutes and Demirtas for a mere 45 seconds. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said large-scale government events, such as the inauguration of a new high-speed train, were often combined with Erdogans campaign activities. Going into a second round would be a major defeat for the AKP and would represent a detrimental blow to the legitimacy of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as president, said Gencer Özcan, professor for international relations at Bilgi University in Istanbul. It would put in question his project to change the constitution and transform Turkeys government into a presidential system. In recent speeches, Erdogan has clearly expressed his wish to fulfil more than just a symbolic role and to be an active president, vowing to use the full extent of his constitutional powers and to participate in day-to-day politics. He has also underlined a partisan approach: A president cannot be impartial. No president in this country has been neutral. And I wont be an impartial president, either.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:45:34 +0000
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