Reuters, 23/05 15:03 CET
By Orhan Coskun and Nick Tattersall
ANKARA (Reuters) – As Turkey’s
incoming prime minister prepares to name his new cabinet, there is
little doubt that its primary role will be to rubber-stamp what has
already become reality: a shift to a full presidential system with
Tayyip Erdogan firmly in charge.
Erdogan on Sunday confirmed Binali Yildirim, a close ally
for two decades and a co-founder of the ruling AK Party, as his new
prime minister, ensuring government loyalty as he pursues constitutional
change to replace Turkey’s parliamentary democracy with an executive
presidency.
Yildirim’s appointment will stamp out any vestiges of resistance in the AKP
to Erdogan’s plans, three senior party officials said, forecasting that
the new cabinet, expected to be announced on Tuesday, would contain
only loyalists.
“We have entered a period of a ‘de facto’ presidential
system, where Erdogan’s policies will be implemented very clearly,” one
of the officials said, predicting five or six ministerial changes from
the existing team.
“They will lead to complete harmony between Erdogan and
the cabinet … Erdogan’s decisions will be implemented without being
touched,” the official said, speaking anonymously because the final
decision on the appointments has not yet been made.
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Source: euronews.
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