Sahiba Gafarova again nominated as candidate for speaker of Milli Majlis
Sahiba Gafarova has been again nominated as a candidate for Speaker of the 7th Milli Majlis.
This decision has been adopted today at a meeting of deputies from the "Yeni Azerbaijan Party", which makes up the parliamentary majority.
Note that Gafarova was the Speaker of the 6th Parliament as well.
The minority parliamentary parties nominated "Civil Solidarity Party" MP Rafael Huseynov as a candidate for the post of one of the deputy speakers.
This Party has 3 deputies in the 7th parliament. Huseynov is a member of the parliament of all convocations.
Musa Gasymly, a doctor of historical sciences, has been nominated as deputy speaker from the ‘independents’.
The parliamentary leadership is expected to be elected today at the first session of the MM.
Politics
-
Today, the Sabail District Court considered a motion to transfer young researcher Bakhruz Samedov, who is accused of "high treason," to house arrest.
-
On January 22, lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova visited journalist Farid Ismayilov at the Baku Detention Center No. 1, who was arrested on January 17 in connection with the Toplum TV case. Ismayilov had been brought in for questioning back in March 2024 and placed under police supervision.
-
On February 3, the trial of public activist Nijat Ibrahim will begin in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. This decision was made on Wednesday at a preparatory hearing by Judge Aygun Gurbanova. According to lawyer Zibeida Sadigova, Ibrahim was taken to court in handcuffs. There were guards sitting next to him throughout the whole process.
-
On January 23, Hilal Mammadov, a member of the Public Council of the Talysh people of Azerbaijan (PCTP), was summoned to the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan. As he himself informed Turan, the summons was delivered to him today by officers from the Nizami district department of the SSS.
Leave a review