Press Review for 20/12/12

Official newspapers report on the participation of President Ilham Aliyev in the opening ceremony of a solid waste plant in Balakhani and publish presidential decrees on changes to several laws of the country.

Azadlig

The recent increase in demands of the resignation of the head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev is a sign of open confrontation between Mehdiyev and the Pashayevs.

Lawyers suggest that Ramiz Mehdiyev has some incriminating evidence against Ilham Aliyev. For this reason, the President does not disqualify him from office, despite the high-profile corruption scandals involving Mehdiyev

The leader of the national liberation movement of South Azerbaijan Mahmudali Chohraganli intends to arrive in Azerbaijan irrespective of the consent of the official Baku.

Zerkalo 

The Cabinet approved the "Rules for determining the possible dangers posed by genetically modified plants identified within the country." The paper calls GMO a time bomb.

Express

Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov accused the OSCE Minsk Group of the absence of integrity.

Bizim Yol says every 73 out of a hundred manats of the state budget are petrodollars.

Yeni Musavat A study in Switzerland established that the company Azercell has enabled intelligence agencies to track calls made by the Azerbaijani opposition members. Also the company gave the Uzbek President's daughter a bribe of $ 250 million.

The Musavat activist Nigar Yagublu was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. The newspaper calls it a shameful act of injustice.

The authorities have not allocated money to the Cinematographers Union headed by Rustam Ibragimbekov.

In recent months a propaganda campaign against Azerbaijan has been increased in Dagestan.