13/11/2020
The Venice Commission participated in the exchange of views with the Monitoring Committee of the PACE on the follow-up to Resolution 2347(2020) on “New crackdown on political opposition and civil dissent in Turkey: urgent need to safeguard Council of Europe standards” regarding the situation of dismissed and replaced mayors.
Mr Bußjäger, member of the Commission in respect of Liechtenstein, presented the Commission’s 2020 Opinion on the replacement of elected candidates and mayors in Turkey.