The Catholic Church in Turkey accepts the sentence of the High Court of Ankara, which rejected the petition submitted by the Judiciary to ban the AKP, but now it says it is waiting to see how the party (which is ruling the country) will manage to fulfil its "commitments and promises". "It seems to me says to SIR mgr. Luigi Padovese, apostolic vicar of Anatolia and president of the Turkish Bishops Conference that the sentence maintains the balances that have got stronger over the last few years. After all, it would have been difficult to ban a party that earned 47% of votes. One should think the banning of such a party would have had negative repercussions. As far as I know, the markets and the European Union too reacted positively to the news, and this is evidence of the confidence given to this political movement abroad. Now we will have to see whether this party will manage to fulfil all the promises that it made and the commitments it undertook. I am speaking in particular of the commitments it took towards the religious minorities. Let’s see if things will improve now". ” ” ” “
