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Paragraph 35
 

The delegation of the Venice Commission was informed that the Amendment concerned about 800 criminal cases (files) for 139 deputies of the National Assembly:


 27 out of 317 deputies of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) – majority
 51 out of 133 deputies of the Republican People's Party's (CHP) – opposition
 51 out of 59 deputies for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) – opposition
 9 out of 40 deputies for Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) – opposition
 1 out of 1 independent deputy.


Some of the interlocutors of the delegation presented slightly different figures, which do not, however, affect the overall picture. In particular, the representatives of HDP indicated that the lifting of immunity concerned 55 of their 59 Members of Parliament.