Baku / 07.02.20 / Turan: Voters staged an obstruction to Elshan Musayev, a candidate for deputy in the 110th Zagatl constituency.
They booed him and began to chant “shame!”, after which Musaev was forced to retire.
A video from Musayev’s meeting with voters in the Zagatl region has been distributed on social networks.
The chairman of the Party of Democratic Education Elshan Musaev is a deputy of the last fifth convocation.
As chairman of the party, he succeeded his late father, Hanifa Musayev.
Earlier, voters protested at meetings with newly elected MPs Sahib Alyev, Fazail Agamaly, Aydin Mirzazade, Chingiz Ganizade. — 03D06
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