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The US has negatively assessed the decision of the Turkish Parliament to lift the parliamentary immunity. According to US State Department spokesman Mark Toner, “it will erode the quality of Turkey’s democracy”.

Toner mentioned that the US will closely monitor the situation, US Department of State reported.

Turkish parliament’s adopted a constitutional amendment on Friday, which would lift the parliamentary immunity of more than 100 members of parliament. The legislation will be submitted to Turkey’s president.

In case the bill is adopted in final reading, it will allow beginning criminal prosecution against 138 deputies of parliament concerning whom criminal cases are investigated at the moment.  More than 100 are the members of the Peoples' Democratic Party: its deputies can be subjected to criminal prosecution for support to the Kurdistan Workers' Party forbidden in Turkey.

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