Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday once again highlighted his government's determination in its fight against the workers. "When workers attempt to go on strike, we suppress them by taking advantage of state of emergency," Erdoğan said during a joint live broadcast by pro-government TV channels.
"Our state of emergency is totally against terrorism. Also, it prevents workers from going out on strike. Before our government, factories were suffering from workers' strike," Erdoğan said.
In April, AKP government approved the extension for another three months of the state of emergency declared in the wake of the failed putsch in 2016 against Erdoğan.
The state of emergency declared to restructure the state or to "cleanse" the members of Gülen network, one of the masterminds of the coup attempt, is not marked by the purge in the army or the jurisdiction, but it was marked by the opportunities offered to the bourgeoisie.
"Is there any strike at any factory under the state of emergency declared by our government? Quite the contrary. When workers attempt to go on such a strike, we suppress them by taking advantage of state of emergency. Briefly, the state of emergency has strengthened the fight against terrorism," Erdoğan stated.
"We might lift the state of emergency after the June 24 elections because our government has significantly eliminated the terrorist threats. Yet if there is any danger, we might declare state of emergency again," he also said.
PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM
Regarding the abrogation of some ministries in the presidential system, Erdoğan said that businessmen would be assigned to the cabinet in the new system.
Erdoğan last year narrowly won a fraudulent referendum to change the constitution and create an executive presidency. However, those extended powers are not due to take effect until after presidential polls, now slated for November 2019.
"We have started to work out the names who would be assigned to our new cabinet after the elections. Our friends [depupity presidents] we would prefer should be primarily experienced, practical, productive and those who are able to connect theory and practice instead of those embracing the negative features of bureaucratic oligarchy," Erdoğan said.
Regarding the question, whether there will be a return to the parliamentary system, Erdoğan also noted that the opposition must provide the majority in the parliament, if they want a return to the parliamentary system.
"What happened on April 16, 2017? There has been a constitutional amendment. A new process has begun with the constitutional amendment. This new process gives certain proportions. So if you cannot reach sufficient proportions, you cannot amend the constitution in the parliament. And if you want to call a referendum for this issue, you must receive approval of the parliament, again," Erdoğan said.
"We should never hold the public institutions that take a financial bath," Erdoğan also told during the interview.
