950 people have been registered as candidates for deputies in the parliamentary elections
950 people have been registered as candidates for deputies in the parliamentary elections
At the moment, 950 people have been registered as candidates for deputies, the head of the Central Election Commission, Mazahir Panahov, said on August 5. According to him, 287 candidates represent 24 political parties. At the same time, 101 international observers from 9 organizations were registered in connection with the elections to the Milli Majlis on September 1. The number of local observers is 18,467.
There are 125 seats in the Milli Majlis of the country. Elections are held every five years.
Politics
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Journalist Imran Aliyev, held in the 1st Kurdakhany Detention Center near Baku, ended his hunger strike yesterday, which he had begun on November 18. The head of the website Məclis.info, Aliyev was protesting to demand his release, asserting that there was no criminal offense in his actions.
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Germany is trying to prevent the escalation of the military conflict in Europe and is making efforts to do so. Speaking on November 22 at a press conference in Baku, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock responded to a question about whether Berlin would provide "Taurus" missiles to Kyiv after Russia's use of ballistic missiles against Ukraine. "Therefore, this question cannot be answered with a simple 'yes'," she said.
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On 22 November, a group of international activists held a rally at COP29 in Baku under the slogan ‘Human rights are quietly dying!’
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The Advisor for Foreign Policy to the President of Azerbaijan posted on his account on platform X, where he responded to Senator Ed Markey's remarks at COP29 and after his return from Baku. According to Hajiyev, the senator presented the results of his trip "in a way that aligns with what the Armenian lobby wants to hear."
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