Pollster: 57 pct against double-headed rule, 53 pct want system reform
The president of the A&G research company, Adil Gür, announced the results of a recent survey that found 57 percent of participants do not support the double-headed structure in the executive branch of government and 53 percent think the current governantal system needs to be reformed.
Speaking on A Haber late on Wednesday, Gür said that in a study conducted with 3,200 participants in 36 provinces between April 30 and May 1, when participants were asked whether having an elected president and prime minister causes crises, 57 percent said it does. He also said this figure might have been higher if the study had been conducted after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's announced his resignation last week.When asked about the current governmental system, Gür said that 53 percent of participants said reform is needed in the system.
In an interview with the Sabah newspaper on Monday, Gür said the current governmental system has mechanisms that create deadlocks and disputes between elected leaders and stressed that what Turkey needs now is to discuss a transition to a full presidential, semi-presidential or an executive presidential system.
In executive presidential systems, the head of the government is the president rather than the prime minister and the candidates in the electoral process are determined by political parties. Rather than having a bicameral legislature, as in full presidential systems, there is a unicameral legislature in executive presidential systems.
"We have been conducting research about the Constitution for a long time. When we ask who rules Turkey, 62.3 percent say, [President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan rules Turkey. People think that it is not the government but President Erdoğan who rules Turkey," he said.
Turkey has a ruling system in which the president and prime minister have significant powers and both are elected by the people. Erdoğan has reiterated many times that in the event the prime minister and president come from different political parties, a two-headed system will become sharper and the opposing camps could create serious problems.
Speaking on A Haber late on Wednesday, Gür said that in a study conducted with 3,200 participants in 36 provinces between April 30 and May 1, when participants were asked whether having an elected president and prime minister causes crises, 57 percent said it does. He also said this figure might have been higher if the study had been conducted after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's announced his resignation last week.When asked about the current governmental system, Gür said that 53 percent of participants said reform is needed in the system.
In an interview with the Sabah newspaper on Monday, Gür said the current governmental system has mechanisms that create deadlocks and disputes between elected leaders and stressed that what Turkey needs now is to discuss a transition to a full presidential, semi-presidential or an executive presidential system.
In executive presidential systems, the head of the government is the president rather than the prime minister and the candidates in the electoral process are determined by political parties. Rather than having a bicameral legislature, as in full presidential systems, there is a unicameral legislature in executive presidential systems.
"We have been conducting research about the Constitution for a long time. When we ask who rules Turkey, 62.3 percent say, [President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan rules Turkey. People think that it is not the government but President Erdoğan who rules Turkey," he said.
Turkey has a ruling system in which the president and prime minister have significant powers and both are elected by the people. Erdoğan has reiterated many times that in the event the prime minister and president come from different political parties, a two-headed system will become sharper and the opposing camps could create serious problems.
Last Update: May 12, 2016 19:56