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[halil]

CTP PARTY ASSEMBLY DECIDES ON HOLDING EARLY ELECTIONS IN 2009

The senior coalition partner- Republican Turkish Party, the CTP has decided to hold early elections in 2009.



The party however has yet to set a date for the early elections.



The decision was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer who issued a statement evaluating the latest political and economic developments in the country as well as the latest stage reached in the Cyprus negotiations process.



Following a meeting attended by the CTP’s high ranking party officials, the issue was passed onto the Party Assembly.



A statement issued at the end of the party assembly said “in light of the evaluations made and the information provided, the party Assembly has decided to authorize the CTP’s central executive committee to decide on the details of an early election to be held in 2009”.



The statement also said that the central executive committee will hold various contacts in order to set out a working program.



The next general election, held every 5 years according to TRNC law, was normally scheduled for the 20th of February 2010.



Presidential and local elections on the other hand are set to take place in 2010.

[bill cobbett]

Elections in the Occupied North !

Y'er 'aving a Xmas larf mate.

Well I suppose it's another chance for the majority Illegal Settler electorate (shipped in by Ctnutishstan to alter demographics) to decide things.