On Monday the PACE Bureau at a meeting in Paris decided to appeal to the Venice Commission to assess the amendments to the Azerbaijani Constitution to be discussed at a referendum on September 26, according to the PACE report. When exactly the Venice Commission will assess compliance with amendments to international standards, is unknown. However, sources in the PACE told Turan that in Strasbourg will be set up a commission with the participation of representatives of the main political groups and PACE rapporteurs to assess the situation on this issue.
The government of Azerbaijan refused to submit to the Venice Commission the draft amendments to evaluate, without explanation. But we invited the PACE mission to observe the referendum. Local and international democratic community appreciated the amendments, as reactionary and forming neo-monarchy regime in the country. Moreover, the amendments have been presented without any public debate and proposed changes go against the Constitution.
Thus, under the amendments the president of the country gets the right to hold early presidential elections in the state, the dissolution of parliament, the removal of restrictions on the age of the candidate for presidency from the current 35 years, and 25 years for candidates for members of parliament.
Observers and experts in Azerbaijan have no doubt that Ilham Aliyev is going to appoint the vice-presidents from someone of his family members, and in the future to transfer power to his son. -02В-
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday spoke with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and reaffirmed the importance of a durable and dignified peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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At the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, during the trial of businessman and former member of the Milli Majlis Nazim Beydemirli, on September 16, the state prosecutor proposed to end the trial.
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On September 16, Georgia’s Migration Service refused to grant asylum to Afghan Sadigov, an Azerbaijani citizen and founder of the Azel TV website, Sevinc Sadigova, Sadigov’s wife confirmed this information to the Turan agency. “Afghan called me from detention and said he received a response from the Migration Service, which states that his application for political asylum has been denied,” she reported. The Georgian authorities justified their refusal by citing the "lack of political motives in his case," Sevinc Sadigova added. Attempts to obtain a comment from Sadigov’s lawyer, Dito Nozadze, were futile.
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The Baku Appeals Court has rejected the complaint filed by Mustafa Hajibeyli, the deputy chairman of the Musavat Party, regarding violations during the early parliamentary elections. The complaint concerned violations in the 8th Binagadi First electoral district, where Gadzhibeyli was a candidate. “The CEC did not acknowledge any violations at the polling stations in this district,” Hajibeyli said. The complaint was 11 pages long, with 21 pages of reports, 16 pages of decisions from the district and CEC, and a DVD containing video and photos documenting alleged fraud.
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