On the one hand, Ramiz Mehdiyev is awarded the Order of Heydar Aliyev, and on the other hand he is dishonored, Ali Insanov

Baku / 07.09.20 / Turan: For the second day, nothing is known about  Rashad Abbasli, the assistant to the Law and Justice Party.

“We and his parents have contacted the police, but so far they haven’t given us an answer,” the party leader, ex-minister of health of Azerbaijan Ali Insanov, said in an interview with Voice of America. The last thing known is how he was kidnapped in daylight by a person in civilian clothes, he added. The parents informed the police about the  number of the cars, but in the 4th Binagadi police department they told him that they were indicating what kind of car it was and recommended to go home. “This is an open abduction of a person,” Insanov said.

He believes that his assistant will be required to provide information about the party's financing, about its members and connections abroad.

When asked what he thinks about the authorities' slogan regarding broad reforms, Insanov said that there are no reforms.

“Call the actions of this regime what you want, but its actions show that it is an anti-democratic, repressive and aggressive regime. Humiliating and torturing people, they are not capable of reforms, ”Insanov said.

He also criticized the personnel policy of the authorities. “All these appointments look frivolous. Inexperienced people are promoted to high positions so that they simply repeat what Ilham Aliyev says.

“The actions of the authorities are generally illogical: they punish the people most loyal to Heydar Aliyev, one of whom is Ramiz Mehdiyev. If he was so bad, then why was he recently awarded the country's highest award - the Order of Heydar Aliyev?

All the old members of the ruling team are waiting for my fate - they will be fired, and then they will be repressed and destroyed, ”says Insanov.

Ramiz Mehdiyev has always been a supporter of Russia and he has strong connections and serious support there. But it is strange that today they do not support him from there. “As for the actions of the Azerbaijani authorities, they are simply committing suicide. The persecution of Mehdiyev is the beginning of the authorities' suicide process,” Insanov said.

The way out is for the opposition to be consolidated, a civil accord was created in the country and a government of popular confidence was created. Opposition leaders, together with the ruling party of the YAP and with Ilham Aliyev's preservation in power, will create a government of confidence. New parliamentary and presidential elections are being held. If the people vote for the current government, let them rule further, Insanov said.

“As a first step, the authorities should release Tofig Yagublu and other political prisoners. How long can the PFPA be repressed? I support Ali Karimli and demand the immediate release of all his supporters, ”he said. How convincing are the authorities' calls for dialogue with the opposition? To this question, the ex-minister said that he was ready for a dialogue with the authorities in the form he proposed above. Everything else is imitation, ”Ali Insanov emphasized. -03B-