On 5 September the party "Musavat" issued a progress report on the progress of the campaign for the referendum on constitutional amendments. The document reflects the violations committed by the date of appointment of the referendum - 26 July until 31 August.
According to the document, the ruling circles did not provide explanations to the people about the essence of the referendum, the need for the meeting, the draft amendment was not submitted to the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. The authorities did not organize public discussions on TV , no public debate was organized.
The only campaign group “Resupblica” created by the opposition was not registered by the CEC on groundless reasons. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal on the decision. Thus, the attempt to bring a second opinion on the issue of referendum was prevented.
Some of the amendments are on the article referred to the third chapter of the Constitution. However, under Article 155 of the same Constitution specified norms cannot be put to a referendum if they restrict the rights of citizens more than provided for in international treaties Azerbaijan.
On the other hand, the expansion of the already great powers of the president, giving him the right to dissolve the parliament even more upset the balance between the branches of government. In fact, it is about turning the legislature into an appendage of the executive.
"Changes to the principle of "three branches" in favor of the president is not inherent in the republican and monarchical forms of government," the report says.
It adds to the wave of repression of prominent opposition figures: Executive Secretary of the movement REAL Natig Jafarli, director of the newspaper "Azadlig" Faig Amirli, and other activists. In addition, under the pretext of "business Gulen" were closed a number of media, exerted pressure on the "Musavat" activists were collecting signatures of voters for registration agitation group «Republic.»- 03D06-
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On January 23, the Baku Court of Appeal considered the complaint of Meydan TV journalist Natig Javadli against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest.
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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