‘Debates on Constitution are a trap set for society’

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Önder İşleyen, İlknur Başer and Gizem Gül Kürekçi from the Left Party Board of Presidents visited main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu today (February 26).

The closed-door meeting held at the CHP Central Office in the capital city of Ankara was also attended by CHP Vice Chairs Faik Öztrak and Oğuz Kaan Salıcı as well as CHP Secretary General Selin Sayek Böke.

'AKP has lost its legitimacy'

İlknur Başer from the Left Party addressed the reporters after the meeting. She said that they talked about the recent debates on drafting a new constitution for Turkey, which was first proposed by Erdoğan.

Defining the debates on Constitution as "a trap set for the society", Başer said, "We think that the democratic community and political parties should not get caught in this trap of debates on Constitution. Because we think that the AKP has lost its legitimacy in the eyes of society today and a political party that has lost its legitimacy cannot lead the debates on Constitution."

Erdoğan said, 'Perhaps it is time to discuss it'

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the public following the cabinet meeting in the capital city of Ankara on February 1, 2021.

In his speech that evening, President Erdoğan said, "Perhaps it is time for Turkey to discuss a new constitution again."

If the AKP reaches consensus with its partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the People's Alliance, then an "action for drafting a new constitution in upcoming period" is possible, said Erdoğan. (DŞ/SD)