Akinci urges coalition parties to form new Government soonest

President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, Mustafa Akıncı has stressed on the need of forming a government as soon as possible calling on coalition partners not to act as contestants but to work together in solidarity for the benefit of the country.

Akinci made the remarks on Wednesday after handing the task of forming a government to Republican Turkish Party leader Tufan Erhürman.

He stated that there were a number of pending problems in the country waiting to be solved, adding that the state budget was one of those issues which was urgent, report state media, BRTK.

Pointing out that it was the first time a four-party coalition would be attempted in the country, the President said that such crowded coalitions were common in other parliamentary democracies.

If we are to continue with a parliamentary system then we have to get used multi-party coalitions, he said.