Erdogan: This parliament will elect a new president

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Turkey's 9th president Suleyman Demirel's recent comments on presidential elections stressing that the "current parliament" would elect a new president not a "new one". The PM's criticism was voiced as he addressed his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at a group meeting on Tuesday. Erdogan even said that it was disrespectful of CHP leader Deniz Baykal, who had previously proposed that a new parliament should elect the president, to make such statements. "Baykal's statement is disrespectful of the Turkish nation and its parliament," Erdoagn said. Â