Referendum – confidence vote in independent Azerbaijan - UPDATED

  26 September 2016    Read: 1275
Referendum – confidence vote in independent Azerbaijan - UPDATED
The referendum is a kind of vote of confidence in the Azerbaijani president, in the independent Azerbaijan, in its independent domestic and foreign policy, Ilyas Umakhanov, deputy chairman of the Council of the Federation of Russia’s Federal Assembly, head of the observation mission of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, told reporters Sept. 26 in Baku.
Umakhanov said that the representatives of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly have visited 60 polling stations.

“I want to note with satisfaction that there is a high activity of citizens both in Baku and in the whole country,” he added.

Queues lined up in front of polling stations before the opening of district election commissions, in other words at 07:45 (GMT+4) people already came to the places of vote, added Umakhanov.

One the one hand, it shows the political maturity of the Azerbaijani society, its commitment and understanding of the importance of the issues included in the agenda of the referendum, he said.

“On the other hand, of course, we all understand this very well, and such an understanding is also shared by other observers, including observers from the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic-speaking countries (TURKPA), that it is a kind of confidence vote to the Azerbaijani president, to the autonomous and independent Azerbaijan,” added Umakhanov.

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Everything has been taking place at the highest level for decades in Azerbaijan in terms of organizational basis of holding both the referendum and the election, deputy chairman of Council of Federation of the Russian Federal Assembly, head of the observation mission of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Ilyas Umakhanov said Sept. 26.

“The people, who represent different international organizations, also acknowledge this fact,” Umakhanov said.

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