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CIS mission head praises referendum in Azerbaijan

26 September 2016 [11:00] - TODAY.AZ

By  Trend


Everything has been at the highest level for decades in Azerbaijan in terms of organizational bases of holding both referendums and elections, deputy chairman of Council of Federation of the Russian Federal Assembly, head of the observer mission of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, Ilyas Umakhanov said on  September 26.

“The people who represent different international organizations also acknowledge this,” Umakhanov said. “This is a universally recognized fact.”

“Substantive questions submitted for the referendum predetermine the future, as well as the democratic development of Azerbaijan, strengthening the democratic foundations of the Azerbaijani society,” Umakhanov added. “It is very important that the people’s expressing will and desire to take part in the referendum is absolutely free.”

“It is understood that the referendum means not only a support to the amendments to be made to the Constitution of Azerbaijan, but it is also a vote of confidence in the present leadership of the country,” he noted. “We see it this way.”

Referendum is the highest form of expression of will, Umakhanov said.

“I am sure Azerbaijani people will vote for progress, dignity and independence of Azerbaijan in holding political, economic and democratic reforms,” he added.

The voting for making amendments to Azerbaijan’s constitution kicked off at 08:00 and will wrap up at 19:00 (UTC/GMT +4).

As many as 117 international observers – MPs from around 35 countries as well as observers from various international organizations, including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – have been accredited by Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) to observe the referendum.

The total number of the observers is around 53,000.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to hold a referendum on amending the Constitution on September  26.

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