Turkey to scrap PM in new system

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkey is to scrap the office of the prime minister in a historic switch under a government-backed proposal for a new presidential system, a cabinet minister said on Thursday.
Forestry and Water Affairs Minister Veysel Eroglu said there would be one and possibly two vice presidents under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the new format, which is expected to be submitted to a referendum next year.
“There won’t be prime ministry in the new system,” he told the state-run news agency Anadolu.
“In general there is a president and next to him probably a vice president like in the United States. 
We might have more than one vice president,” he said.
Erdogan, who was elected to the top post in 2014 after serving as prime minister for more than a decade, is seeking a strong presidency similar to France or the United States.

Turkey to scrap PM in new system

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkey is to scrap the office of the prime minister in a historic switch under a government-backed proposal for a new presidential system, a cabinet minister said on Thursday. Forestry and Water Affairs Minister Veysel Eroglu said there would be one and possibly two vice presidents under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the new format, which is expected to be submitted to a referendum next year. There wont be prime ministry in the new system, he told the state-run news agency Anadolu. In general there is a president and next to him probably a vice president like in the United States. We might have more than one vice president, hesaid. Erdogan, who was elected to the top post in 2014 after serving as prime minister for more than a decade, is seeking a strong presidency similar to France or the United States.