ANKARA - Commenting on the process, MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli said the necessary conditions should be created to enable Abdullah Öcalan to continue contributing to the process. 

 

MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli commented on the Peace and Democratic Society Process saying that necessary conditions should be created to enable Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, whom he referred to as the “founding leader,” to continue contributing the process in the period ahead. 

 

FRAMEWORK LAW

 

Speaking to Türkgün newspaper, Bahçeli also commented on the framework law passed by Parliament: “The law, prepared in line with the report produced by the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission through an approach that prioritizes common ground and consensus, establishes a basic framework that constitutes the first step toward the envisaged legal arrangements. Following the publication of the National Security Council decision in the Official Gazette, the law aims to set out the procedures for ongoing investigations and prosecutions, the deferral of the execution of sentences handed down, and other measures to be taken. 

 

CONDITIONAL AND LIMITED REGULATION

 

The law does not abolish convictions, alter the legal classification of offenses, or bring criminal liability to an end. Ongoing investigations and prosecutions, as well as final convictions, will remain in force with all their legal consequences, with no changes to the classification of the offense, the conviction, or criminal liability. In this respect, the law constitutes a limited and conditional legal regulation concerning the criminal justice and sentence enforcement systems.

 

ECtHR RULINGS

 

However, the stage reached with the adoption of the law is not an end point, but the beginning of a new phase for the legal and administrative arrangements that need to be made. In this context, reviewing contentious issues, including the implementation of ECtHR rulings, and stepping up efforts to ensure justice could come onto the agenda.”