A NEW CONSTITUTION BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY
• A new constitution securing and expanding the scope of all liberties shall be enacted.
• We shall draft the new Constitution, in consultation with all segments of the society, using contemporary examples as our inspiration. We shall strive to have the new text passed by a parliament where the 10% qualifying hurdle has not distorted representation.
• To provide for a free public debate before the Constitution, we shall revise several articles in the Political Parties Act and the Turkish Penal Code to conform to universal norms.
• The new Constitution will be a social contract that ties the legitimacy of the state to its duty to defend and advance human rights; as well as enshrining judicial independence, basic liberties and rights and the welfare state.
• The concept of constitutional citizenship will be added to the new Constitution, to make sure that all citizens can exercise their political rights without impediments.
• The core principles of the new Constitution will be
-Liberalism and pluralism
-Equality and social justice
-Participatory democracy
-The primacy of human rights and dignity
-The exercise of all human rights is the norm, restrictions are the exception
-A strengthened parliamentary system
-A state of law and order respecting the separation of powers
-Checks and balances to prevent overextension and abuse of government power
-Complete control of the TMF by the civilian authority
-Explicitly bans on all discrimination
-Respect for international law
-Gender equality
CHP EU Representation - Brussels 