Media review for April 7

The site “Bizimyol.info” discusses the situation with taxi services. The population believes that taxi services are relatively inexpensive. However, experts do not think so. In their opinion, the services "Bolt" and "Uber" are relatively inexpensive because these companies pay drivers salaries. Experts note that a 1 km taxi ride costs 50-70 qepiks. However, taxi companies want to monopolize this area by exploiting legislative gaps.

The website "Yeniçağ.az" quotes the opinion of the expert Adil Veliyev, who claims that the increase in the number of infected with coronavirus is not related to the activities of schools. This is not people observing the established rules of hygiene. And what do schools have to do with cafes, restaurants and other catering facilities operating at full capacity? Simply, with full-time education in schools, you must follow the rules established in a pandemic.

Azpolitika.info reminds that 2 years have passed since the presidential decree on deepening reforms in the judicial and legal system. According to lawyer-expert Hafiz Hasanov, some measures have been taken in the field of decriminalization of crimes, commercial courts have been created, the rights of the prosecution related to the appointment of an examination have been somewhat expanded, measures have been taken related to the conduct of audio recording.

At the same time, a number of significant issues have not been resolved. These include: observance of the principles of justice, prevention of interference in the activities of courts, increasing responsibility for interference, ensuring the inadmissibility of non-procedural relations, eliminating systemic shortcomings, enforcing court decisions, preventing the executive bodies from delays and abuses. Based on the foregoing, it can be argued that in 2 years the goal stipulated by the decree has not been achieved.

The website “Moderator.az” quotes a comment by security expert Ilham Ismayil regarding the arrest of former MNS generals Movlan Shikhaliyev and Nizami Shirinov. The expert does not exclude that these arrests may lead to the arrests of other persons holding higher positions in this system. As an example, he cites the arrest of Army General Rovshan Akbarov.

When asked whether the arrests of state security generals could be related to the removal of Chief of General Staff Najmeddin Sadigov, the expert replied that one of the MNS generals was the head of military counterintelligence. In this sense, there may be some kind of connection. The task of counterintelligence included the timely detection of criminal actions in the army.