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Media Review December 26, 2019
The attitude to the municipal elections held on December 23 and social problems are the topics of today's media.
The newspaper Azerbaijan called the December 23 municipal elections a model of democratic and transparent elections. In 118 districts, 41,462 candidates were registered. 1 million 627 thousand 64 voters, or 32.72%, took part in the vote.
The size of subsidies and subventions allocated for municipalities has increased, amounting to 6.2 million manats. Of these, 5 million manats are subsidies and 1.2 million manats are subventions. Last year, 5.5 million manats was allocated to municipalities.
The website Hurriyyet.org also writes about municipal elections. The author writes that 65.2 million manats was spent on “rigged elections”.
The economist Gubad Ibadoglu notes that this amount is 2.5 times more than the municipal budget itself. If these funds were not spent, then each newborn child could be given not 200, but 900 manats. According to the expert, the funds spent on municipal elections are absolutely pointless.
The website Bakipost.az writes about the protest of the residents of the Surakhani district of the capital because of sewage problems. The action took place on December 25th. The problem is the lack of a sewer line in the territory. Residents appealed to the appropriate authorities, but there was no reaction. The residents promised to block the street leading to the airport if they were not heard.
A representative of Azersu noted that the street, whose residents are protesting, is included in the project and a sewer line will be laid 14.5 km long. The author notes that residents pay 50 gapiks each month for non-existent sewers.
Social
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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