How can something backed by consensus go so wrong? Look no further than to Turkey’s drafting of a new constitution.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking on Jan. 30 at the weekly meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP), told the assembled lawmakers that if the parliamentary commission tasked with drafting the constitution fails to finalize its work by the end of March, “the AK Party will bring its own work on this to the parliament's agenda.” He added, “If there is no compromise, we will submit the new constitution to a referendum.”