Elections for Leading Positions in REAL Party

Baku / 07/30/18 / Turan: Last Saturday the meeting of the Mejlis of the Republican Alternative Party (REAL) was held, the party said.

Natig Jafarli was elected Executive Secretary of the Mejlis, Erkin Gadirli - Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Khalid Bagirov - Secretary for Legal and Electoral Issues, Rasul Jafarov - Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and Togrul Ismayilov - Secretary for Human Resources. All of them are members of the party"s Board.

In addition, Azer Gasimli was elected Chairman of the Mejlis, and Inara Manafova - Secretary.

The composition of the committees of the Mejlis was also formed:

Mubariz Rahimli was elected Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Zohrab Ismail - Economic Committee, Jasur Sumerinli - Security Committee, Vafa Rustam - Legal Committee, and Togrul Veliyev - Social Policy Committee.

The REAL party was created on the basis of the movement of the same name, formed in January 2009.

The founding congress of the party was held in April this year.

Ilgar Mammadov, who since February 2013 has been imprisoned in spite of two decisions of the Strasbourg Court on the illegality of his arrest and conviction to 7 years of imprisonment, was elected Chairman of the party at that time.

REAL advocates the transformation of Azerbaijan into a parliamentary republic with an open society and the provision of all the rights and freedoms of citizens . -03B-