Azerbaijan is preparing for the first time the "map of public control," Turan was told by Anar Mammadov, the Head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC.) The project is being prepared by the above-mentioned NGO and the Democratic Journalism School. Presentation of the project will take place next week.
According to Mammadov, the essence of the project is that the voters will be able to send all the information regarding violations in the pre-election and election periods, as well as photos and videos via SMS and E-mail.
"This is not an expert, but public control, including citizen complaints, their requests, etc.," said Anar Mammadov.
The project does not support any political parties or groups, and is aimed at increasing public control of elections and improving transparency.
All messages received will be posted on the site in Azerbaijani and English languages, the names of senders will not be disclosed. -16D04-
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