GUMUSHANE (A.A) - 28.07.2002 - Nationalist Movement Party and Deputy Prime Minister Devlet Bahceli has said that the MHP would oppose to a bill that might be presented to Parliament that includes abolition of death penalty, education and broadcast in any language other than Turkish.
''The MHP's stance to such a bill is clear, we cannot accept such conditions,'' Bahceli said during a press conference in Gumushane on Saturday.
Bahceli said he didn't yet know about how the other political parties reacted to Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz's bill formed by 13 articles. He said that the MHP presented the ANAP administration a file about this issue on Friday night. ''Now the ANAP should discuss the issue with other parties and present it to Parliament,'' he said.
''This is what we told them. Among these 13 articles, there are those which the MHP could have a contribution to. We proposed them to prepare a second package formed by these articles so we can support it. If they don't, we'll have to oppose the entire bill,'' he commented.
When asked about the possibility of discussion of EU adjustment laws before taking the decision for early elections, Bahceli said that ''it will be better if the parliament first takes the decision to hold early elections and then starts to work on EU adjustment laws.''
When asked if he considers the attitude of ANAP in adopting EU adjustment laws as sincere, Bahceli said he thought that ANAP took sincere steps.
Bahceli said that ''ANAP will sort out the problems with other political parties which share the same views with it. MHP won't take any common initiative at that point.''
When asked his view about the position of State Minister Kemal Dervis, Bahceli said that ''Mr. Dervis is not on the agenda of MHP for a long time.''
Upon a question about the possibility of Dervis to resign from the government, Bahceli said that this was up to Prime Minister. ''Dervis has to determine his position, because he is both in the council of ministers and he also wants to take part in the new formation. I think this is not politically ethical. This is not only valid for Kemal Dervis, but everybody.''