Management with broad participation: NEW Party changed its charter, increased the number of PM members to 150

NEW Party leader Özgür Özel met with the members of the Party Assembly and the founding board before the establishment congress of his party to be held at the weekend. Regulation amendments were discussed at the meeting. In this context, it was decided to increase the Party Assembly from 80 people to 150.

With the amendment made, the Party Assembly; It was divided into three groups: policy development, legislation and party organization group. There will be deputies of the party in the legislative group. In the policy development group; There will be experts and academicians in their fields.

These names will be assigned to work on the party's government policies in areas such as economy, foreign policy, education, health, science, culture and art. In the party organization group, some of the members of the organization will be in the Party Assembly for assignments such as field work and propaganda. It is stated that the quota for organizations in the Party Assembly will be 40 people, and the quota for policy development groups will be 30 people.

On the other hand, it was stated that this increase in the number of members in the Party Assembly was made with a temporary article added to the statute, and it was noted that the number would increase to 80 again after the next congress. In this context, it was stated that NEW Party leader Özel reminded the deputies at the meetings about the collapse process in the CHP and said, "You took responsibility in a very difficult period. You took responsibility. I will not forget what you did. That's why I want to assign all of you to the Party Assembly again." Additionally, with the amendment made to the statute, Özel was given the authority to appoint 5 Central Executive Board members from outside the Party Assembly.

Apart from this, with the bylaw changes made at the meeting, neighborhood, district and provincial assemblies and working models, which Özel had previously referred to as the "new organizational model" of the party, were included in the bylaws. In this context, just like in the Party Assembly, all party organizations from districts to neighborhoods will have working groups such as education, health, culture and economy. Non-party members can also join these working groups. In addition, the party's ethical principles such as transparency, accountability, merit and honesty, which were signed by all members who were candidates in the primary elections, were also included in the party charter. It was stated that all elected members of the party must comply with these principles.