Immediately after today's decision of the Constitutional Court, which supported the draft Referendum Act on amendments and additions to the Constitution, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has started the preparation to the referendum.
This issue was discussed at today's all-republican meeting of the party. According to the press service of YAP, the meeting was attended by the heads of district and city locations.
YAP believes that the amendments are aimed at strengthening human rights and freedoms.
The referendum on changes to the constitution must take place within 60 days after it was announced by the president.
The amendments to the Constitution provide for greater strengthening presidential power in Azerbaijan, gives the head of state the right to dissolve parliament, appoint the first vice-president and vice-presidents; and provides for the increase of presidential term from 5 to 7 years, and president has the right to appoint early presidential elections.-0-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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