Justice and Development Party (AKP) Şanlıurfa Deputy Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba resigned from his party and his parliamentary position with the harsh messages he published. Fakıbaba announced that it would later join the Good (IYI) Party. After the transfer of Independent Member of Parliament Mehmet Ali Çelebi to the AKP, momentum in the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) returned to the AKP. After Fakıbaba's resignation, momentum in RTÜK returned to the IYI Party.
“THIS DOESN'T CONFORM WITH MY MORAL UNDERSTANDING…”
In the message he published on his social media account, Fakıbaba used harsh expressions against his party and said: “I am also resigning from my membership of the AKP and from the parliament so that there is no disrespect to my fellow countrymen who voted for me for the AKP. I hope this decision will be beneficial for my country. I am happy that I will no longer be with some people who are not in line with my political and moral understanding.”
RTÜK MEMBERSHIP GOES TO THE GOOD PARTY
After Fakıbaba's resignation, RTÜK member İlhan Taşcı stated that the vacant RTÜK membership will pass to the Good Party. Taşcı shared on his social media account, “With Fakıbaba's resignation from the AKP, the vacant RTÜK membership passes to the Good Party.” The number of quotas for RTÜK memberships is distributed according to the number of seats in the parliament. This distribution is made according to the D'Hondt system, as in the parliamentary elections.
FIRST STATEMENT FROM AKP
The first statement from the AKP regarding Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba, who announced his resignation from AKP and his parliamentary position, to join the Good Party, came from Group Deputy Chairman Mahir Ünal. Unal stated that he did not find it right to make a magazine about this on a social media post, and said, “Neither the party nor the Parliament received a written document regarding this.”
HOW WILL THE PROCESS WORK?
With the resignation of Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba, the number of seats in AKP dropped from 287 to 286. Fakıbaba's resignation from the parliament will be discussed first in the Presidency Council and then voted on in the General Assembly, in accordance with the constitution. With the affirmative vote of one more of the attendees, the parliamentary seat will be dropped.