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Turks allowed to choose their president

Turkish Parliament passed the eve of a series of amendments to the constitution, Itar-Tass reports . The deputies supported the initiative of making fundamental changes in the provisions on the election of the president and parliament.

In accordance with the amendments, the head of State will be elected by popular vote for a period of 5 years renewable for one term. Elections to the parliament will take place once every four years.

This amendment is the most important in the whole package of proposals to change the country’s electoral law made by the ruling Islamic party.

need for the amendment due to political crisis . Parliamentary minority blocked the election of President Abdullah Gül candidate proislamskogo majority by refusing to vote on his nomination.

major secular parties twice blocked the passage of the nominations Gül, and the Constitutional Court declared that the vote was illegitimate in the absence of a quorum . Subsequently himself Gül announced that withdraws his candidacy.

current bill can be applied to the election of 11 th president, May 9, which were stopped by Parliament because of the lack of candidates.