Checks, balances a must for presidency, says Deputy PM Ar?nç

A presidential system without a system of checks and balances would not function properly, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç said April 3, wading into a debate spurred by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s unchecked ambition for such a system.

?There cannot be a presidential system without an infrastructure, tuning [institutions] and establishing a systems of checks and balances,? said Ar?nç in an interview to BBC Turkish on April 3, adding that it would not be right to randomly pick up bits and parts of different presidential systems from various countries and form a presidential system accordingly. 

?We are not to put together the presidential systems we collect from third- or fourth-world countries. There cannot be a presidential system by assembling [the parts],? he said. 
Ar?nç criticized individuals who categorically object to the presidential system because of the possibility that Erdo?an will become the new president in the presidential system and not because of the structure of the system. 

?You cannot see this as a legal and genuinely democratic opposition in the basis. There is an opposition to a person, being on one?s side or the contrary. In my own thoughts, this is an administration system, a government model,? said Ar?nç. ?It is not right to categorically reject this. What is important is how a country can be better governed.? 

Ar?nç said they had to establish a presidential system that would operate like a clock, something that would necessitate a new constitution. 

Commenting on Erdo?an?s implicit call on the public to elect 400 ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies in the June 7 polls, Ar?nç said he did not know which party Erdo?an was seeking votes for.
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