National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) stated that the nomination of Ilham Aliyev for the third term of presidency is illegitimate. The whole world is talking about harmfulness of presidency more than twice, and ways to overcome this tradition. The "illegal" the desire of Ilham Aliyev to become President for the third time is a "challenge to authoritarian democratic order," reads today's appeal of the NCDF session participants to the parliament, the Attorney General and the CEC.
In the course of the "falsified" referendum in 2009, restrictions for the term of presidency of the same person, were removed from the Constitution of Azerbaijan. However, according to the principle of the rule of law, the law is not retroactive, and this norm is not apply to Aliyev, the appeal reads.
If Aliyev still intends to run for presidency, he should disclose details of the companies owned by him and members of his family, and their tax payments in Azerbaijan and abroad, the appeal reads.
If no such information will be disclosed and is the "purity" of Aliyev's family business is not proved, his candidacy could not be registered. The NCDF proposes to create an independent commission to investigate the business of the president. During the discussions, a number of comments and suggestions on the text of the document were made, which will be finalized and sent out to addressee.—06D—
Politics
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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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Georgia's Foreign Minister, Maka Botchorishvili, arrived in Baku for an official visit on January 16, and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze is expected to arrive in Baku on January 17, reports Echo of the Caucasus, citing government sources. Western countries refuse to recognize the legitimacy of Kobakhidze and his government due to the rigged elections. Until now, Kobakhidze and members of his cabinet have not made any official foreign visits.
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PACE co-rapporteur on monitoring Azerbaijan Lise Kristoffersen (Norway) and the general rapporteur on political prisoners Thorhildur Sunna Evarsdottir (Iceland) have expressed their deep concern over the sentencing of prominent Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev.
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The Biden administration Wednesday announced new 'biting' Russia sanctions, as well as further actions to tighten some of its previous sanctions against Moscow by giving Congress the ability to block any attempts to weaken measures against core parts of the Kremlin's war machine, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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