Giving an interview to Bloomberg news agency, Mehmet Uçum, the chief advisor to Turkish president, stated that the upcoming June 24 elections might be rerun if the voters elect an opposition party which refuses to cooperate with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan," BBC Turkish reported.
"If the opposition gets parliament and Erdoğan is re-elected, politicians must understand the citizens want them to cooperate and balance one another. If they fail, either parliament or the president could take the decision to hold elections again," Uçum was quoted as saying by BBC Turkish.
Uçum, however, claimed from his Twitter account that he did not say the elections are re-held if the opposition wins the parliamentary elections, he just mentioned about the possibilities of the presidency system.
According to the report, Uçum also said that "this would be the last resort," and he stated that such result would bring the country to a deadlock.
"These elections will make Turkey pass the presidential system from the parliamentary system. This transition cannot be achieved unless all parties are involved," Uçum said, as quoted by BBC Turkish.
A law proposing that the cabinet shall have the authority to pass legislative decrees even after the general and presidential elections on June 24 was passed on May 10. The law suggests that the cabinet can pass legislative decrees until the next president takes the oath, which will be in approximately 25 days after the elections.
In addition to this controversy, one problem is that the current Erdoğan might not approve of the new parliament’s composition, and he might demand the renewal of elections, which might result in months of rule by legislative decrees in the best case scenario.
