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ERDOGAN'S NEW CONSTITUTION RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, TURKISH NATIONALIST SAYS
news.am
sept 8 2010
Armenia
At a press conference, Oktay Vural, Vice-Chairman of the Nationalist
Movement parliamentary faction, was severely critical of the
constitutional amendments proposed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan. He claimed the draft amendments contain anti-Turkish elements.
The Haberfax news website reports that the nationalist believes the
draft amendments actually recognize the Armenian Genocide and provide
for the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus.
NEWS.am reminds readers that the Justice and Development Party,
Turkey's ruling party, drafted 29 amendments to the country's
constitution, which was adopted after military coup on September 12,
1980. The amendments provides for judicial reforms, particularly
reforms of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Council of Judges and
Public Prosecutors. The amendments also provide for the institution of
criminal proceedings against the military by civil judicial bodies,
a trial of the military coup organizers. The amendments transfer the
right to initiate proceedings on dissolution of political parties
from the Curt of Cassation to Parliament. The draft also institutes
the post of ombudsman and grants civil servants the right to sign
collective contacts and hold strikes.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
sept 8 2010
Armenia
At a press conference, Oktay Vural, Vice-Chairman of the Nationalist
Movement parliamentary faction, was severely critical of the
constitutional amendments proposed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan. He claimed the draft amendments contain anti-Turkish elements.
The Haberfax news website reports that the nationalist believes the
draft amendments actually recognize the Armenian Genocide and provide
for the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus.
NEWS.am reminds readers that the Justice and Development Party,
Turkey's ruling party, drafted 29 amendments to the country's
constitution, which was adopted after military coup on September 12,
1980. The amendments provides for judicial reforms, particularly
reforms of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Council of Judges and
Public Prosecutors. The amendments also provide for the institution of
criminal proceedings against the military by civil judicial bodies,
a trial of the military coup organizers. The amendments transfer the
right to initiate proceedings on dissolution of political parties
from the Curt of Cassation to Parliament. The draft also institutes
the post of ombudsman and grants civil servants the right to sign
collective contacts and hold strikes.
From: A. Papazian