US observer: A lot of enthusiasm to elect new and energetic parliament in Azerbaijan

There is a lot of enthusiasm to elect a new and energetic parliament in Azerbaijan, Mitch Silberman, observer from Los Angeles, state of California (US), told Trend.

“We are very honored to be here and to observe this great country’s election,” the observer added. “There is a lot of enthusiasm to elect a new and energetic parliament to help modernize this great country. And we are very honored to be a part of it, to observe and watch people do the right thing for the country and for their future.”

Everything is well organized and everything is on time, Silberman added.

"So far there are not any problems," he said.

The parliamentary elections of the sixth convocation are being held in Azerbaijan on Feb. 9.

Some 1,314 candidates were registered within the early parliamentary elections.

The candidacies of 246 people were nominated by 19 political parties, 1,057 were self-nominated, 11 - by initiative groups.

Twenty-one percent account for female candidates while 79 percent – male candidates.

Throughout the day, 5,573 permanent polling stations will operate in 125 constituencies of the country.

Some 5,329,460 voters will take part in the voting, and 340,689 internally displaced people will vote in 573 polling stations.

Some 883 international observers and 77,790 local observers are observing the voting process. Among the local observers, 35,152 are representatives of political parties. International observers represent 58 countries and 59 organizations.

Exit polls will be conducted by AJF & Associates Inc. (US) jointly with Citizens’ Labor Rights Protection League, the Rey Monitoring Center, and the French OpinionWay Research Institute together with the “Human Rights in the XXI Century – Azerbaijan” Foundation.