VOTES IN TURKEY APPEALED IN THE COURT

Politics | June 24, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

The vote in Turkey will be contested in the Constitutional Court, said today member of the Central Electoral Commission Mihail Konstantinov. In his opinion `one of the political forces` will refer the case direct to the supreme magistrates. To him, the voters in Turkey were subjected to pressure. People had to line up for as long as 6-7 hours and the local police clubbed them into keeping the rank. Due to brutal force the Movement for Right and Freedom managed to get 2 or 3 seats in the parliament. We wanted to provide a chance to our compatriots to exercise their right to vote but not to exert pressure over them, he explained.

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