The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has left the Constitutional Commission in Turkey in protest against the intention of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to move from a parliamentary to a presidential system, the CHP Deputy Head Bülent Tercan said.
According to him, "the commission was supposed to be a cover" for such a transition. "We have refused to participate in it and the Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman declared that the commission would not work," RIA Novosti cited Tercan as saying.
A special commission of 12 deputies has been formed in Turkey to prepare a draft of the new Constitution.
