 Complete the following phrase:  After the 2007 general election, in which the MHP won back its parliamentary representation with 14.27 of the vote, the party has strongly opposed the peace negotiations between the government and the Kurdistan Workers Party and used to be fiercely critical of the governing AKP over government corruption and authoritarianism. Nevertheless, the MHP has often been referred to by critics as the AKPs lifeline, having covertly helped the AKP in situations such as the 2007 presidential election, repealing the headscarf ban, and the JuneJuly 2015 parliamentary speaker elections. Since 2015, Bahçeli has been openly supporting Erdogan and the AKP. This caused a schism within the party, resulting in Meral Akşener leaving MHP to found the center-right İYİ Party. The MHP supported a Yes vote in the 