As President Erdoğan and his rival Kılıçdaroğlu gear up for the runoff vote on May 28, we bring you updates on the aftermath of the parliamentary and presidential elections, along with the developments leading up to the decisive second round.
The ceremony of the new cabinet, consisting of 600 members, is typically scheduled three days after the announcement of the official results by the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK).
However, while the electoral body announced the official presidential results on May 19, the official outcomes of the general elections have not yet been released.
During the inaugural session of the new legislative term, the members of Erdoğan’s cabinet will take the oath. However, since all ministers have been elected as MPs, they will need to resign from their positions if they swear in at parliament. This implies that the president will have to appoint new ministers prior to the crucial runoff vote on May 28.
This delay has sparked speculation regarding HÜDA PAR, the controversial Kurdish Islamist allies of Erdoğan’s AKP. Özgur Özel, CHP’s deputy group chair, recently remarked that the postponement may be a strategy to wait until after the presidential runoff on May 28, as HÜDA-PAR might have ideological objections to the oath.
According to the politician of the main opposition party, “Atatürk’s principles and reforms” and “I swear before the Turkish nation” were supposedly parts that HÜDA-PAR opposed, although an official of the Kurdish Islamist party has denied the claims.
It is anticipated that the 75-year-old Bahçeli, the oldest parliament member and leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will preside over the opening session of the Grand Assembly’s 28th term.
The new parliament’s makeup is regarded as one of the most nationalist and conservative in the country’s centenary history.
Source: bianet
