Kutan: Sezer in Presidential Palace on Friday

Ankara Milliyet


Recai Kutan, the leader of the Virtue Party stated that the results of
the second round bulloting for the presidential elections indicate Ahmet
Necdet Sezer, the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, will won in the
third try on Friday. "We will have sent Sezer to the Palace on Friday," he
said.
Answering the claims that True Path Party and Virtue Party have been divided
in the first round of elections, Kutan said:
"Virtue had one candidate. This is why it is so natural for some of our
friends to support someone from their own group. However, I feel 40 deputies
have voted for Sezer in the second round. We have determined that as well.
Thus, we can say Sezer got 314 votes with the support of the Virtue."
Kutan declined to answer a question about the statements of Oguzhan
Asilturk, when he said Abdullah Gul, candidate of the opposing group in the
Virtue for party leadership, should withdraw candidacy because he is not
experienced enough.
Underlining that this is Asilturk's own idea Kutan said, "Gul also had given
statements rejecting this idea. As the leader it is not possible for me to
make comments on what my friends said."