Turkey: Opposition party urges lower election threshold
Main opposition party leader says current 10% general election threshold should be cut to 1%
By Merve Yildizalp Ozmen
ANKARA (AA) - The head of Turkey's main opposition party on Tuesday urged lawmakers to lower the country's election threshold into parliament.
"Let us amend the law implemented by the putschists, and have a democratic election," said Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who heads the Republican People's Party (CHP), referring to the current minimum 10% of total votes that parties must attain to be represented in the country's parliament.
Kilicdaroglu underlined that the leader of any party that receives over 1% of votes nationwide should have a seat at the assembly.
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