"Foreign internet resources disseminate false info to overshadow Azerbaijan presidential election"

  11 April 2018    Read: 1322
"Foreign internet resources disseminate false info to overshadow Azerbaijan presidential election"

Some internet resources outside of Azerbaijan, as well as social networking profiles, are purposefully disseminating false information in order to cast a shadow on the free, democratic and fair presidential election that is underway in the country, said Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, AzVision.az reports.

He said that the actual number of a polling station does not tally with that of a polling station in photos and videos published by these internet resources.

Hajiyev added that there being photoshop elements in the published pictures and the anonymously made comments are proof that these pieces of information are clearly false.

“By means of these pieces of information, they seek to mislead local and international observers who are monitoring the voting process in a free, democratic and transparent way and influence the final results to be prepared by these observers. All necessary conditions have been created for local and international observers to observe the voting in a free, democratic and transparent way,” the spokesman said.

Azerbaijan is holding presidential election today, on April 11. Eight candidates are registered for participating in the election.

The election is observed by 894 international observers (61 organizations, 59 countries) and 58,175 local observers.  


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