Amendment No. 57 | Doc. 14282 | 24 April 2017
The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey
Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 11, insert the following sentences:
"The Assembly deplores that these detentions have suspended the practical exercise of local democracy in that region, led to a disproportionate supervision of local administrations through the appointment of trustees and reduced local public services, in contravention of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. The Assembly urges the Turkish authorities to release, where appropriate, the mayors currently in pre-trial detention and fully restore local democracy in southeast Turkey, in line with Resolution 416 (2017) and Recommendation 397 (2017) of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities."