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Paragraph 40
 

The Information Note explains this change by “the political unethical consequences in the past” (para. 9), to which the use of the original model allegedly led and where “MPs representing the people in democracies are instrumentalised” (para. 38). During the meetings in Ankara, the Turkish authorities and the representatives of the governing parties (AKP and MHP) drew the attention of the Venice Commission and ODIHR to a case when some MPs representing CHP had been, apparently without being consulted, transferred to another party, the Good Party (İYİ), to make it possible for this latter party to meet the second condition then foreseen in Law No. 2820 and to be able to run in the elections. This has been confirmed in the meetings with other interlocutors. The Venice Commission and ODIHR find this occurrence unfortunate. They also share the view expressed in the Information Note that “the political parties which aspire to decide on the future of the country” can be expected to “have fully built their organization, especially the election of the decision making authorities within the party” (para. 39).