Turkish Referendum

[Rolfe]

Turkey referendum: Erdogan declares victory


Ankara (CNN)Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country's prime minister have declared victory in a Sunday referendum designed to hand Erdogan sweeping powers.

The Turkish Election Commission has yet to release its official results, and the opposition promised to contest at least a third of the votes cast. But according to the state-run Anadolu Agency, with 99.8% of the ballots counted, Erdogan appeared poised to win with 51.4% of voters casting ballots in his favor.

Turkey referendum: Erdogan declares victory - CNN.com

This is why I am glad that the U.S. Constitution cannot be changed with a simple-majority vote.

 

[InTheLight]

Turkey referendum: Erdogan declares victory


Ankara (CNN)Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country's prime minister have declared victory in a Sunday referendum designed to hand Erdogan sweeping powers.

The Turkish Election Commission has yet to release its official results, and the opposition promised to contest at least a third of the votes cast. But according to the state-run Anadolu Agency, with 99.8% of the ballots counted, Erdogan appeared poised to win with 51.4% of voters casting ballots in his favor.

Turkey referendum: Erdogan declares victory - CNN.com

This is why I am glad that the U.S. Constitution cannot be changed with a simple-majority vote.

Or that opposition parties cannot be outlawed.

 

[HankD]

This is why I am glad that the U.S. Constitution cannot be changed with a simple-majority vote.

Unless of course it is an executive order?

HankD

 

[InTheLight]

Unless of course it is an executive order?

HankD

Constitution cannot be changed by an executive order.

 

[HankD]

Constitution cannot be changed by an executive order.

Yes of course, this is a truthism from the Ministry of Truth published in 1984.

 

[InTheLight]

The White House has confirmed President Trump called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey "to congratulate him on his recent referendum victory."

Erdogan won narrowly in a vote international monitors have said was not "genuinely democratic" and which will grant him unprecedented power over Turkish politics — potentially for the next 12 years.



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