Government program without a program

The government program was discussed at Parliament Sept. 4, thus fulfilling one of the tasks on the “to do” list.

This is the program of “new Turkey’s new government,” but to be frank, it is a text that praises the “old government of the old Turkey.” This is normal, indeed, because what is called the new government of new Turkey has one new prime minister and three new ministers.

This, actually, is the old Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government and this claim of being “new” does not go beyond a self-proclaimed one.

Before the government program was read, it was clear there were two topics this government prioritized. One of them was the “peace process” and the other was “the fight against the parallel structure.”

The prime minister would coordinate the peace process himself, while Bülent Arınç would be responsible for it as the deputy prime minister.

And even before the government program was read, meetings were held regarding these two topics. However, there are no details in the government’s program on how this process will proceed, as well as what the kinds of laws that would be enacted to bring about peace.

I have not seen anything but vague expressions.

Putting an end to terror, disarming the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), re-integrating the ex-members of the PKK into society and opening the way to democratic politics will all be done, but how are these all going to be achieved? It’s difficult to know from the recent government program.

If the way to democratic politics is to be opened, then how is this possible with a 10 percent election threshold? If democratic politics are to be adopted, then what will be done to eliminate the current obstacles...