After President Erdoğan made a statement regarding the election date, the debates in politics accelerated.
While there were reactions from the opposition regarding the snap election date, it was a matter of curiosity how the election process would work.
OPPOSITION WILL NOT SUPPORT
Recent developments have accelerated the pulse of politics. In the speech of President Erdoğan at the group meeting, he pointed to the date of May 14, referring to the elections won by the Democrat Party in 1950.
So, what steps need to be taken for the country to hold early elections? According to the Constitution, there are two options.
First, in order for the country to hold early elections, a 3/5 majority, or 360 deputies, must support the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
According to a second option, Article 116 of the Constitution gives the President the authority to renew the elections.
The first expectation of the People's Alliance is to take the early election decision with the majority of the Assembly, but the People's Alliance has 336 deputies in the Parliament and this number is not enough to decide on the early elections.
Looking at the parliamentary arithmetic, the opposition should support the government. Following the President's statements on May 14, the opposition stated that they would not support an early election to be held after April 6, following the decision taken at the Six opposition party meeting.
Continuing this attitude, Six Tables is waiting for the decision to be finalized by being published in the Official Gazette. As such, it does not seem possible that the early election decision will be passed by the Parliament.
THE GOVERNMENT MUST ANNOUNCE THE ELECTION DECISION ON MARCH 8
According to the Constitution, President Erdoğan has the authority to call the country for snap elections.
In order for the elections to be held on 14 May, the government must announce the election decision on 8 March at the latest and it must be published in the Official Gazette on 9 March.
After the decision is published, the 60-day election calendar determined by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) will start to run.
With the processing of the calendar, the issue of nominations will begin to heat up.
While it is stated that the Six Opposition Party may announce the joint candidate towards the middle of February, different explanations continue to emerge regarding President Erdogan's candidacy in an early election to be held without a parliamentary decision.
While the impression that the candidate does not have a legal obstacle is dominant in the ruling wing, the legal part of the decision is being discussed in the opposition wing.