Press Review 12/10/13

Official and pro-government newspapers publish foreign leaders’ congratulations of Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of his election to the presidency of Azerbaijan.

Independent and opposition press, as well as European institutions publish statements to the effect that the presidential elections in Azerbaijan were not democratic, free and fair.

Azadlig continues to monitor developments related to the outcome of the presidential election.

Authorities are protesting against criticism of international organizations to the presidential elections in Azerbaijan and their results.

The head of the legal organization Freedom House David Kramer believes that what is happening in Azerbaijan casts doubt on the legitimacy of the government.

Political experts believe that the results of the presidential elections create legitimacy problems for them as themselves.

Today, the National Council intends to hold a meeting and the leaders of the National Council urged the people to take part in the action.

Human rights organizations claim that the opposition in the regions can not take part in a rally in Baku, as they are under pressure.

The campaign headquarters of the candidate of the National Council Jamil Gasanli submitted to the CEC 840 acts of infringement during the vote.

Zerkalo 

The Press Council is not going to punish the journalists who insulted the OSCE observers. "They are to blame," said a member of the board of the Press Council Mushvig Aleskerli.

Express

The negative conclusion of the U.S. State Department on the presidential elections in Azerbaijan was called "lack of respect" by the Foreign Ministry.

Jailed ex-minister Farhad Aliyev voted for Ilham Aliyev. The deputy head of the party New Azerbaijan Ali Akhmedov said the release from detention of the ex-minister is possible.

Echo

The level of computer piracy in Azerbaijan is 87 %.

The cost of cars in Azerbaijan in the next 2-3 years will grow by 5-10%. And this is despite the fact that cars in Azerbaijan are 10-20 % more expensive than in the neighboring countries.

Bizim Yol writes that the negative conclusion of the U.S. State Department and the OSCE ODIHR angered fficial Baku.

Yeni Musavat reports on today's rally of the National Council on the outcome of the presidential election. In this connection, the Rallies Committee called to the metropolitan police.

The leader of the party Musavat Isa Gambar said that Baku should immediately eliminate all the facts of falsification that occurred during the vote.

According to the presidential candidate of the National Council Jamil Gasanli, the current presidential election denied the authorities' plan to show that the opposition in Azerbaijan is imaginary.

Due to the decrease in oil revenues the state budget revenues declined by 1 billion manat, transfer from Oil Fund – by 2 billion manats and investment spending by the Oil Fund – by 4 billion manats. The newspaper said that this is the beginning of the "dark days of the power."

Social networks spread the last deathbed letter of Kamran Seyidov, who was the main witness in the case of the theologian Taleh Baghirzadeh. The letter stated that in April of this year Kamran Seyidov was forcibly made to testify against believers in the Office of Combating Organized Crime.