Turkey’s opposition leader proposes constitutional amendment to limit parliamentary immunities

<p><span>Turkey’s main opposition party leader has responded to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s call for parliament to lift the immunity of all lawmakers with an alternative proposal, urging a “permanent amendment” rather than the temporary change that the government has suggested.</span></p><p><br><span>“All along we have had a principled and consistent approach: Let no deputy have immunity accept podium immunity,” Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader&nbsp;Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu&nbsp;said on March 18, stating that Davutoğlu’s proposal has only outlined “a special constitutional arrangement.”</span></p>
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