Turkey needs political ethics law: CHP leader

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has called on the government to renew the 2020 budget and to prepare a new medium-term economic program to overcome the economic difficulties Turkey will face due to the impacts of the novel coronavirus.
CHP chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu outlined a 16-article list of proposals that include economic and democratic reforms to overcome the economic crisis at a press conference on May 18.
"It's not an economic crisis but an economic depression that Turkey is facing," Kılıçdaroğlu said, stressing that making proposals to the government to tackle the growing economic problems is the responsibility of the CHP.
"A struggle against an economic depression is our mutual responsibility. The success of the prescription depends on the creation of a large consensus in undertaking structural reforms," he said.
Something the government has to take urgent steps on are preventing wasteful spending, Kılıçdaroğlu said, calling on the ruling party to outline which areas it will encourage savings.
"Plus, the government should submit a new budget for 2020 to parliament and a new medium-term economic program. Turkey cannot solve its economic problems with the current budget and program," the CHP leader said. The new budget should be designed to address the needs of the workers, farmers, small and medium-sized entrepreneurs so that it could start a normalization process for the economy, he added.
New balance between local, central authorities
Kılıçdaroğlu's proposals also included a need for a new balance between the central and local authorities so that the state's capacity could be utilized more efficiently when helping those in need. The government should not block the initiatives taken by...