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Turkish new gov't wins vote of confidence

Xinhua, May 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The newly-formed Turkish government headed by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim won a parliament vote of confidence on Sunday.

During the voting, 315 of the 453 participated deputies voted for "yes," while 138 voted against the new government.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has 317 deputies in the 550-seat parliament.

His government would be "government of all" of the country, Yildirim said in his speech after Sunday's vote.

Announcing the new cabinet last week, Yildirim said priority of Turkey's new government will be new constitution including change of administrative system to executive presidency sought by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The prime minister, a loyalist and close confidant to Erdogan, has replaced Ahmet Davutoglu who resigned only after six months he won the national elections in a landslide in November polls.

Yildirim, former minister of transport, maritime and communications in the government, was picked by the party as the only candidate to contest the chairmanship in the extraordinary party congress on May 22. Enditem