PRO-KURDISH PARTY DECIDES TO RESIGN FROM TURKISH PARLIAMENT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.12.2009 18:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The lawmakers of the Turkey’s Democratic Society
Party (DTP), banned by the Constitutional Court, gathered on Monday
in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir and decided to resign from
the Turkish parliament.

The leader of DTP, Ahmet Turk, closed after being found guilty of
links to the outlawed PKK, said former party members would resign
from parliament in protest.

"As you know, we have said before there is no reason to stay
in parliament if our struggle for democracy is not taken into
consideration. We will submit our resignations to the speaker of the
parliament in the shortest possible time," Turk said.

Other MPs speculated that they could join an alternative pro-Kurdish
Peace and Democracy Party, Reuters reported.

Replying a question of a reporter on whether the parliament would
except the resignations, Turk said that "That’s not our problem."