CENSURE MOTION AGAINST TURKISH PM, INTERIOR MINISTER VOTED DOWN
NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Feb 28 2007
The motion against Erdogan and Aksu was easily defeated, the margin
being well over two to one against.
Guncelleme: 16:41 TSÝ 28 Þubat 2007 CarþambaANKARA – A censure motion
against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Interior
Minister Abdulkadir Aksu, was rejected by the parliament late Tuesday.
The motion, tabled by the opposition Republican People’s party (CHP)
called for the establishing of parliamentary committees of inquiry to
investigate claims that the two had failed to carry out their duties
of office.
The motion was defeated by a vote of 321 to 118.
The CHP had alleged that Erdogan and Aksu did not fulfil their duties
and caused public loss in ten incidents that occurred in recent years.
Among these were the murder of Doc. Dr. Necip Hablemitoglu, illegal
telephone tapping cases, terrorist attacks staged in Istanbul in
November 2003, attacks against Cumhuriyet daily and the Council of
State, and the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
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