Turkey’s parliament has introduced new election rules the government says will better secure ballots, while the opposition says the overhaul could lead to fraud and undermine the integrity of a slate of polls scheduled for next year.
So charged is the debate over the changes that a fistfight erupted between lawmakers during the 20-hour marathon session that wrapped Tuesday morning. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose party drafted the bill with parliament’s smallest party, is now expected to sign it into law.
