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GOVERNMENT IS A LAME DUCK, TURKISH OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS
Today's Zaman
Sept 8 2011
Turkey
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal
Kılıcdaroglu has directed a series of critical remarks against the
Turkish government over the foreign and domestic policies its pursues,
accusing the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government of
being "a lame duck."
The opposition leader was speaking ahead of the CHP's Party Council
meeting in İzmir on Thursday. "Turkey has been the loser in national
projects in the past nine years of AK Party rule. Not even one of the
10 chapters has been opened in the European Union accession process.
If the AK Party continues with these policies, we may join the EU
100 years later. ... They talked about the Armenian initiative. We
distanced [ourselves] from Armenia more. We lost Azerbaijan. They
said they are opposed to intervention in Libya. They ate their word
after a week. ...
The country has turned into a lake of blood and the government does
not care. Turkey is edges near war with a different country every
week and the government does not care. The government is a lame duck,"
Kılıcdaroglu said.
The opposition leader asserted that the local elections to be held
in 2013 will be the end of the AK Party government and will mark
the beginning of CHP rule. Kılıcdaroglu also recently censured
the government for its foreign policy. On Wednesday, he slammed
the government's policy towards Israel, saying a recent UN report
defending the Jewish state's blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip
dealt a direct blow to the Turkish government, which has tried hard
to undermine the blockade.
He called the blockade of Gaza "cruel and unjust," but said the UN
panel report, released last Friday, gave Israel a valuable opportunity
to legitimize itself before the international community. Responding
to Kılıcdaroglu's criticism, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
accused him of acting like an "attorney for Israel."
Today's Zaman
Sept 8 2011
Turkey
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal
Kılıcdaroglu has directed a series of critical remarks against the
Turkish government over the foreign and domestic policies its pursues,
accusing the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government of
being "a lame duck."
The opposition leader was speaking ahead of the CHP's Party Council
meeting in İzmir on Thursday. "Turkey has been the loser in national
projects in the past nine years of AK Party rule. Not even one of the
10 chapters has been opened in the European Union accession process.
If the AK Party continues with these policies, we may join the EU
100 years later. ... They talked about the Armenian initiative. We
distanced [ourselves] from Armenia more. We lost Azerbaijan. They
said they are opposed to intervention in Libya. They ate their word
after a week. ...
The country has turned into a lake of blood and the government does
not care. Turkey is edges near war with a different country every
week and the government does not care. The government is a lame duck,"
Kılıcdaroglu said.
The opposition leader asserted that the local elections to be held
in 2013 will be the end of the AK Party government and will mark
the beginning of CHP rule. Kılıcdaroglu also recently censured
the government for its foreign policy. On Wednesday, he slammed
the government's policy towards Israel, saying a recent UN report
defending the Jewish state's blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip
dealt a direct blow to the Turkish government, which has tried hard
to undermine the blockade.
He called the blockade of Gaza "cruel and unjust," but said the UN
panel report, released last Friday, gave Israel a valuable opportunity
to legitimize itself before the international community. Responding
to Kılıcdaroglu's criticism, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
accused him of acting like an "attorney for Israel."