236 candidates for deputies called on the Constitutional Court to cancel the election results
Baku / 04.03.20 / Turan: 236 candidates for the parliamentary elections on February 9 accepted a joint appeal to the presidential administration and the Constitutional Court.
They called for the abolition of the results of the parliamentary elections on February 9, as rigged and the holding of new ones.
According to one of the initiators of this action, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, except independent candidates, the appeal was signed by candidates from 11 political parties, movements and blocs.
“With this appeal we want to show society and the authorities that we will continue the struggle for justice and against falsifications,” he said. -21B-
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