AYM will send HDP file to rapporteur
The General Assembly of the Constitutional Court decided that the case file be handed over to the rapporteur for the preparation of the report on the merits, after the party did not make an oral defense in the case demanding the closure of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
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The Constitutional Court decided that HDP’s file, which did not make an oral defense, should be handed over to the rapporteur.
The process in the lawsuit filed in the Constitutional Court by the Supreme Court of Appeals Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor demanding the closure of HDP continues. In this context, it was decided that HDP officials would make an oral defense on 14 March during the trial process, which started with the acceptance of the indictment on 21 June 2021. At the party’s request, the HDP’s oral defense was postponed to 11 April, with additional time given; The party’s request for the closure case to be postponed after the Presidential Election to be held on 14 May and the 28th Term Parliamentary Election was rejected.
The HDP, which had to make its oral defense at the Constitutional Court at 10:00 today, submitted a petition to the Supreme Court on Thursday, April 6, stating that it would not give an oral defense, but today no one came from the party for the defense. The General Assembly, which did not see the points stated in the petition of the party appropriate, decided to give the file to the rapporteur of the Constitutional Court in order to prepare the report on the merits of the case. After the report to be prepared is distributed to the members of the Supreme Court, President Zühtü Arslan will set a day for the meeting and the closure request will be discussed on the merits. The Supreme Court delegation is expected to meet every day without interruption and continue their work until the decision is made. CAN DECIDE BY MULTIPLE VOTES The report of the rapporteur is not binding on the Constitutional Court delegation. The Constitutional Court committee consisting of 15 people will decide the closure case against the HDP. It can be decided by the votes of 10 of the 15 members, who have a 2/3 majority of the members attending the meeting, that the party be dissolved due to the situations listed in Article 69 of the Constitution or that the party be partially or completely deprived of state aid depending on the gravity of the acts in question.
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The Constitutional Court of Turkey has decided to hand over the case file of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to the rapporteur for the preparation of a report on the merits. The decision was made after the HDP failed to make an oral defense in the case demanding its closure. The lawsuit was filed by the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals. The HDP was given time until 11 April to make an oral defense, but it submitted a petition saying it would not do so. The rapporteur’s report is not binding, and the Constitutional Court committee consisting of 15 members will decide the closure case against the HDP. A 2/3 majority of the members attending the meeting (10 votes) can decide to dissolve the party or partially or completely deprive it of state aid depending on the gravity of the acts in question.
