Failure of the lobbyist of the Azerbaijani authorities in the elections of the PACE president
New PACE president has been elected parliamentarian of Luxembourg, Anne Brasseur. She was elected to the post on January 27 at the PACE winter plenary session during alternative choices. According to the special correspondent of Turan from Strasbourg, 165 of 290 deputies voted for Brassor. Another candidate, the British Robert Walter, was supported only by 125 deputies. According to the existing tradition, as a rule, presidents PACE alternately become candidates nominated by the political groups of the Assembly. But this time , despite it was the turn of the Alliance of Liberal Democrats, who nominated Brassor, a group of parliamentarians from the various fractions also nominated the British Walter.
It is noteworthy that Walter is considered one of the independent observers of the active lobbyists of Azerbaijani authorities to PACE .
He led the PACE delegation at the presidential elections on October 9, 2013 , which gave a positive assessment of the elections. This position was diametrically contrary to observers ODIHR OSCE who criticized the mass violations during the elections.
The EU, the governments of the leading EU countries and the USA were guided by the conclusion of more representative and professional OSCE ODIHR mission.
Walter was also an active opponent of the adoption in January 2013 Christopher Strasser's report on political prisoners in Azerbaijan.
So, Walter Strasser criticized the report . "This report is based on blogs and reports by NGOs. I think it discredits our work. We will reject Strasser’s report," said Walter in the discussions.
It is noteworthy that in the course of those discussions, today elected new PACE President Brassor supported the report of Strasser .
She said about the unacceptability of failure visa to the PACE Rapporteur to fulfill its mission . "We welcome the release some convicted, but new prisoners were added to the list. Arrests people for their beliefs are unacceptable," said Brassor.—16С06--
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