Press review for 17.10.2016

The  newspapers write   about the activities of the President Ilham Aliyev,  summons to the police  of known opposition members, the fate of uninsured bank deposits.

"Azerbaijan" newspaper published a lengthy laudatory article about the President of Azerbaijan, under the title: "Ilham Aliyev, the author of important discoveries in the history of Azerbaijan."

Azerbaijan celebrates the 25th anniversary of independence, and thirteen years of these  the country is led by Ilham Aliyev. Over this time, Azerbaijan has become a modern, contemporary state.

Aliyev was the first Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, who spoke at the UN General Assembly, became the first president, in which Azerbaijan became a member of the Security Council.

Also, under the president Ilham  Aliyev  for the first time the song contest "Eurovision" took place  in Baku. Under his presidency  Azerbaijan also became a state space, launching in 2013 its first space satellite. "Historic achievement" the author calls  the First European Games held in Baku.

According to the author, personal enmity, rancor are alien to Aliyev, and example of this is  the law on ex-presidents, adopted for the first time.

"Azadlıqinfo" in the article "The Power speaks to the opposition the language of "bandit department", prominent representatives of the opposition are criticized and summoned to the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime.  The author ironically writes, that "probably, the statements that after the   referendum will begin reforms they mean complete elimination of the opposition."

Claims to the opposition about their publications on Facebook expose the statements of the authorities in Azerbaijan have the freedom the Internet.

"Echo" newspaper in an article about the lost bank deposits, speaks about the fate of not insured bank deposits.

According to the decision of the Financial Market Supervision of the Chamber's Board of Directors, began issuing compensation to insured depositors of the closed Bank Standard. It amounts to 460 million  AZN.

However, there are other investors, which are often forgotten; those whose deposits were not insured because their deposits exceeded maximum amount of the annual interest. Only in the Bank Standard of remained 60 million manat such deposits.

The only option for investors, not insured deposits,  is a mass appeal to a court. Citizens can complain about the improper performance of official duties by persons above that led to a financial loss. Accordingly, they may demand the return of the deposits due to the property of these people. And the court may well satisfy the request and make a decision in favor of the complainants. This is the hard way, and does not give a 100% guarantee, the director of law firm IJS Law Firm Akram Hasanov.-0-