Cicek: "State organs aren't rivals"

Speaking to reporters following yesterday's Cabinet meeting, Government Spokesman and State Minister Cemil Cicek told reporters that President Abdullah Gul's meeting with Hasan Gerceker, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals was a worthwhile development. Commenting on the growing tension between the judiciary and the government, Cicek said that state organs were not rivals but complimentary to each other. Stressing that all state institutions' duties, authorities and responsibilities were defined in the Constitution, he said that their work in harmony serves the country's peace and prosperity. Cicek added that the president's efforts to defuse the tension were his own will and that he hoped them to be beneficial.