The "Republican Alternative" Movement (REAL) stated the obstacles to establishing a campaign group on referendum on constitutional changes. According to the board member of REAL Erkin Gadirli, this morning, the CEC members refused to issue notifications. These documents are required to collect 2 million signatures of voters to get the forms to collect 40,000 signatures and registered campaign groups across the country. The CEC offered the representatives of REAL to come in the afternoon, but this time they were told that the notice was sent by the district electoral commissions.
Some elections commissions refused to give notice, and some said they had not yet received.
Notifications are not posted on the CEC website. "We believe that they are specifically wasting time that we do not have time to collect signatures. Statutory deadlines have begun, and we cannot start the work," said Gadirli. The date of signature lists will expire on 22 August.
REAL Movement intends to campaign against the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the President. A referendum is scheduled for September 26. Amendments to the Constitution require the expansion of presidential powers, giving him the right to dissolve the parliament, the appointment of the first vice-president and vice-presidents. In addition, the term of power of president is increased from five to seven years.—06D--
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Azerbaijan and Georgia have always been advocates of peace and stability in the region, said Georgia's Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili during a joint press conference with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister, Jeyhun Bayramov, on Thursday. Azerbaijan and Georgia are cooperating intensively on many issues, she stated, and thanked Azerbaijan for "its support to Georgia in various formats." The relationship between Azerbaijan and Georgia plays a very important role in the region, she continued, highlighting Azerbaijan’s role as a major economic partner of Georgia.
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Ramil Eynaliev, an activist from the Lankaran branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PPFA), has been administratively arrested for 30 days on charges of "disobeying the police." According to the PPFA, Eynaliev was detained the day before and taken to the third police station of the Khazar district in Baku. The party believes that the true reason for his arrest is a critical comment he made on social media.
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The Investigative Committee of Russia continues its investigation into the criminal case regarding the crash of an AZAL plane near the city of Aktau on December 25. According to a statement from the Investigative Committee, specialists from the Interstate Aviation Committee are working together with the Russian authorities to examine the data retrieved from the plane's black boxes at the Brazilian Aviation Accident Investigation Center (SENIPA).
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On January 16, the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of Azerbaijan reported that 32 families, totaling 153 people, returned to Jabrayil. A total of 1,487 people (358 families) have now returned to the Jabrayil region. The day before, 6 families (25 people) returned to the city of Khodjaly, 18 families (92 people) to the village of Ballidja, and 2 families (8 people) to Shusha. In total, 10,675 people have returned to the liberated territories to date.
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