Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he had appointed a 10-person legal team to draft a new constitution during a speech to local Justice and Development Party administrators, AP reported on May 27. Five days earlier, Erdogan tried to distance himself from speculation about constitutional changes to presidential term limits, saying, "We want the new constitution not for ourselves, but for our country. I have no interest in being re-elected or running for office again."