Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 30
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The current Turkish constitution is the main obstacle to the development of the country, the country's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported Jan. 30.
The prime minister noted that over the past 14 years, the government conducted many reforms for the country's development, but the current constitution doesn't meet the interests of modern Turkey and its people.
"The main goal of the government is the adoption of a new constitution that meets the interests of people and country," Davutoglu said.
Earlier, a source in Turkish presidential administration told Trend that adoption of a new constitution is very important for Turkey.
The source also said that it is necessary, first of all, that the new constitution gets vote of the Turkish parliament. If the parliament isn't able to adopt a new constitution through a voting, there will be a national referendum, the source said.
The country's current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to the leaders of the oppositional Republican People's Party and Nationalist Movement Party in late October 2011, urging them to take part in the talks on working out a new constitution.
Turkey's opposition has always objected adoption of a new constitution, since they believe that it is a step towards switching from the parliamentary to presidential form of governance.