popular vote ANKARA, Turkey, May 31, SPA -- Parliament voted in favor of a proposed constitutional article that would allow a direct vote for Turkey's president, but the measure still needs to get past a final vote later Thursday. Legislators, who currently choose the president in aparliamentary vote, voted 369-22 in favor of the article ina constitutional amendment package. If the legislatorsapprove the entire package in the final vote, thenPresident Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who opposes the article, can either endorse it or call a referendum on the issue, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/454779