Al-Zaman: Turkish “constitutionalism” denies the presidency some of its privileges

The Constitutional Court in Turkey has revoked the concession granted to the Presidency to obtain services from public institutions for free, including the services of Turkish Airlines.

This came after the opposition Republican People’s Party filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court demanding the abolition of some provisions of the Central Government Budget Law for 2019.

In the statement of the lawsuit, the party stated that nothing in this law stipulates that the presidential palace can obtain its movable and immovable requests, goods, services, construction and repair free of charge.

Accordingly, the Constitutional Court canceled the presidential privilege with Turkish Airlines, where 13 civilian aircraft and 3 helicopters benefit without paying any fees, explaining that the presidency receives some services from public institutions without paying a fee that conflicts with the constitution.

According to the decision, Turkish Airlines, which lost 5.6 billion Turkish liras in 2020, will take from the presidential palace for the services it provided.

The Turkish opposition accuses President Erdogan of extravagance and extravagance in light of his demand for the government and the people suffering from the effects of the economic crisis, to rationalize spending.

Earlier this month, the leader of the Turkish Future Party, Ahmet Davutoglu, called on President Erdoan to “sell the presidential aircraft first, before talking about rationalization and non-extravagance.”

Source: Turkish newspaper “Zaman”

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