Charges from the President of Georgia that the National Council of Azerbaijan is the Russian project to destabilize Azerbaijan is absurd. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Turan by the head of the executive office of the National Council Eldar Namazov, commenting on Saakashvili's speech before a group of his supporters on August 1.
"In this way Saakashvili has buried his democratic credentials. According to his logic, it turns out that the people of Azerbaijan should not fight for democracy or oppose the authoritarian regime, or demand free and fair elections. How can a Democrat talk like that?
How did he decide that people fighting for European integration are puppets of Russia? The National Council includes the leaders of the liberal opposition and civil society.
I think that Saakashvili’s speech was of conjuncture character and he demonstrated the open support of the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan not for the first time. Apparently, Saakashvili is already thinking about the possibility to find a refuge in the light of the serious charges against him in Georgia. He cannot receive a refuge in a democratic country, therefore he could have it in an authoritarian country," said Namazov.
During their stay in Tbilisi, the members of the National Council talked with the local population and politicians. The rating Saakashvili is close to zero, and no one said a good word about him.
As soon as he steps down as President, he will be attracted to criminal liability. Performance of such a person as a defender of democracy and at the same time of another authoritarian ruler in Azerbaijan is comical, said Namazov.
Since when does the requirement to hold free and fair elections mean a desire to break stability? At present, only two forces in the world perceive the National Council, as anti-national force that tends to destabilize Azerbaijan - the authoritarian regime of Azerbaijan and Mikhail Saakashvili, Eldar Namazov concluded. -03B-
Politics
-
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to Czech President Petr Pavel on the occasion of the Czech Republic’s National Day. In the letter, President Aliyev expressed warm wishes on behalf of himself and the people of Azerbaijan, extending his sincerest congratulations and best wishes to the Czech leader and the nation.
-
An appeals court in Baku has upheld the administrative arrest of the Party of People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA) activist Tehran Abdullayev in a drug use case.
-
In Georgia’s parliamentary elections, the ruling "Georgian Dream" party achieved a significant majority in areas with large Armenian and Azerbaijani populations: Akhalkalaki – 88%, Ninotsminda – 90%, Marneuli – 80%, Bolnisi – 81%, Tetritskaro – 68.6%, Dmanisi – 76.4%, Tsalka – 69.3%, and Gardabani – 70.8%. Footage of ballot-stuffing in Marneuli circulated widely on social media in Georgia and beyond. Meanwhile, "Georgian Dream" lost in Tbilisi, where national minorities are few.
-
The United States and European allies have joined calls from observers for a full probe into reports of election-related violations in Georgia, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
Leave a review