AKP awaits opposition’s response on constitutional amendment: Erdoğan
AKP) waits to see the response of the opposition parties through the parliament process of their constitutional amendment proposal, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec.
19.“Since the constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority in the general assembly {of the parliament], we brought our proposal to the parties in the parliament.
We submitted our proposal to the parliament. We are waiting for the processes in the parliament,” Erdoğan said at the Women’s Labor Summit.“It will once again become clear who is the abuser of women’s rights,” he said, referring to any opposition party that would object to the amendment proposal on the use of headscarf and family.At least 400 votes out of 600 lawmakers are needed to amend the constitution.
Votes between 360 and 400 will take the amendments to referendum. The AKP and its ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) need 26 votes to take the amendments to referendum.Citing a recent child abuse scandal that sparked debate in society, Erdoğan said, ”We have never approved, and we do not approve, of our girls getting married before they reach legal age.
