Press Review for 9/29/12

Today's leading issues of newspapers are the scandal surrounding MP Guler Ahmedova and failure in the electric power supply system of the country.
Official newspapers publish the presidential order to allocate AZN 2 million for the socio-economic development of Jalilabad.

Azadlig

MP Guler Ahmedova voluntarily gave up her parliamentary mandate in connection with the scandal around the extortion of money from the Rector of the International University Elshad Abdullayev.
Several members of the European Parliament sent a request to the leadership of the Azerbaijani Parliament in connection with the scandal around Guler Ahmedova.
The political analyst Zardusht Alizadeh, in turn, believes that the scandal was instigated in order to strike at the head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev.

Zerkalo
"What is the state of the power supply system, if one lightning strike left half of the country without electricity?" asks the newspaper.
The ruling party refused Guler Ahmedova. What other surprises are being prepared for the upcoming presidential race?
Kurdish and Armenian separatists decided to unite. Like a hundred years ago, they claim to the lands of Azerbaijan, writes the columnist, analyzing the cooperation of the Kurds and the Armenians.

Express also applies to the failure of the units of the Mingechevir Power Station, which left half the country without electricity.

Echo
The pace of housing construction decreased by 4 times since 2007. However, the construction of non-residential areas increased.

Bizim Yol writes that the information about Guler Ahmedova having a stroke is wrong.
The paper relates the Mingechevir power supply accident to the widespread corruption, which will lead the country to chaos.

Yeni Musavat writes that the former Rector of the International University Elshad Abdullayev is going to publish a new video exposing corruption.