国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Turkeys People Alliance, opposition parties both eye for parliament majority_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Turkeys People Alliance, opposition parties both eye for parliament majority

The ruling party passed a legislative change and made pre-election alliances possible for upcoming elections. Hence the 10 percent election threshold will be calculated based on the sum of votes of all parties in an alliance.

The opposition block constitutes of the "No" block members in the 16 April referendum last year, which passed with 51.41 percent of vote the change from a nearly century-old parliamentary system to an executive presidency.

Only pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) is not part of the opposition alliance. Although they have not declared a position for the second round of presidential elections, it will not be a surprise if the party lends support to the opposition block.

However, if the HDP can not exceed the election threshold, then the ruling AKP will receive almost 70 more seats at the parliament, putting the opposition block's plans for the majority at risk.

If the opposition block wins majority in parliament in June 24, they will gain the psychological upper hand for the second round of presidential elections on July 8.

According to the CHP, all opposition parties must be in parliament, Gul said, adding therefore some small parties with threshold problem could take part in the CHP's candidate lawmakers list for the parliament.

One crucial outcome of opposition alliance is that it is not about overcoming the electoral threshold, but the alliance has turned the June 24 elections into a second referendum on the country's regime model, Sedat Ergin, daily Hurriyet columnist wrote.