Constitutional Court Receives The Report For The Closure Of The Justice And Development Party
Rapporteur Osman Can submitted his report for the closure case of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). President of the Court Haşim Kılıç told the reporters to leave the court alone to do its job.
Rapporteur Osman Can submitted his report for the closure case of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Commenting about the subject, President of the Constitutional Court Haşim Kılıç said the report was delivered to the members of the court and he was going to inform the members of the agenda and the decision date after they get together to discuss the matter.
“Leave the court alone”
Kılıç also asked the reporters to leave the court alone, not to take its time with questions like what there was in the report, how it was written. He said they were going to meet according to their own schedule.
How the process will work
The report will be presented to the eleven members of the Constitutional Court, President of the Court Haşim Kılıç will determine a meeting day, on which the members will start discussing the matter of substance of the case.
The eleven member court will make the final decision. In case one of the members is missing or retired, the most senior of the four alternate members will replace the missing member.
7 votes are needed
According to the Constitution a qualified majority is needed to close a political party. Therefore 7 out of 11 members of the Constitutional Court must approve the closure. According to article 69 of the Constitution, the court may decide to cut the treasury aid to the AKP either partially or completely rather than closing the party permanently.
The indictment and the defense stages are over
The Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Prosecutor Abdullah Yalçınkaya submitted the indictment and the AKP presented its 8-binder defense in return. Later, in the first week of July, came chief prosecutor’s verbal statement and AKP’s verbal defense.
The chief prosecutor accuses AKP for trying to establish an Islamic state. (TK/EZÖ/TB)
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