ANKARA - "The sovereignty in our parliamentary democracy rests with the Turkish nation. What everyone believing in democracy must do is not to question the national will power and evaluate what it means for the whole society," said Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli on Monday.
Bahceli delivered his party`s comments at the Turkish Parliamentary General Assembly on the Program of the 60th Government.
"Turkey went through attrition, degeneration and destruction in the last Justice and Development (AK) Party term", told Bahceli.
The Turkish nation has not authorized the AK Party to develop policies which would have a negative impact on the national identity, national unity, main values of the republic and principles on which the Turkish government has been established, underlined Bahceli.
The greatest challenge Turkey faces today is bloody terror and ethnic separatism, noted Bahceli.
"Efforts to define ethnic identities as national minorities and providing safeguards in the Constitution by giving political and legal status to such ethnic characters are attempts to destroy Turkish national unity and establish a new nation other than the Turkish nation", underlined Bahceli.
Turkey has become a country of corruptions, ill-gotten gains, looting and lawlessness, indicated Bahceli. "As a result, confidence in the government and justice has eroded", stressed Bahceli.
Every one must see that the "division of Turks into religious and belief camps will have devastating effects".
"Religious beliefs should not be used against the republic and state of Turkey. State organs must be careful not to give the image that they are acting against certain religious norms or practices", underscored Bahceli.
Bahceli stressed that the parliament must lift political immunities on its members.
Devlet Bahceli indicated that the Program of the 60th Government does not express will and determination against "local and foreign terrorist threats".
Bahceli remarked that the Program of the 60th Government will lead to the opening of ports for Greek Cypriot vessels and eventually the recognition of the Greek Cypriot administration.
"We can not open a new, bright page, as Prime Minister Erdogan stated, without judging the past term of the AK Party rule in our conscience and punishing corruption that took place during this term in our courts", added Bahceli.