AK Party spokesman refuses possibility of coalition government
A senior politician from Turkey's ruling AK Party rejects any possibility that would force the party to form a coalition government, as he claims his party would get about 50 percent of the votes
Beşir Atalay, the Vice President and Spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AK Party, said on Monday, April 20, that he did not see any possibility in forming a coalition government after the upcoming parliamentary election, as he stated that his party will gain about 50 percent of votes.
“I don't see any [possibility of a] coalition for the next term; all data show the stability will continue," Atalay said in a live program with the Turkish broadcaster NTV on Monday.
“The coalition government terms in Turkey have led the country to losses. We don't want to remember those periods," Atalay said.
While answering about the Prime Minister Ahemt Davutoğlu's target to gain 55 percent of votes during the next election that will be held on June 7, Atalay said that this can be possible, citing the last Presidential Elections where the AK party candidate Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan got 52 percent votes.
“Election seasons are full of surprizes. We were close to 50 percent at the last general election. The public surveys being conducted every month also show the same figure," Atalay said.
“We don't have any inconsistent promises in our election manifesto," the AK Party spokesman said.
While answering whether the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, will topple the election threshold or not, Atalay said the nation would determine it, but “according to public surveys, they are seen at the border [of the 10 percent election threshold]."
He also said the issue of surpassing the election threshold by the HDP was related to the main opposition People's Republic Party, or CHP. “Their [HDP's] biggest struggle is not with us, but with the CHP," Atalay said.
He said the election results would not have any impact on the reconciliation process, a peace process to end the violence and terrorism in the eastern part of Turkey. “The process has passed a significant distance. There are laws and legislation about this. Talks are going on. The process is walking in its own track. There is nothing about going backwards," the ruling party's spokesperson said.
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