Azadliq alliance proposes amendments to the Election Code

Commission's chairman Gulamhuseyn Alibayli said they proposed amendments on 33 articles of the Election Code, APA reports.

Gulamhuseyn Alibayli said they proposed to form election commissions from the members of parties which won more votes in the latest parliamentary elections. According to him, parties which passed 1 percent barrier should be represented in the election commissions. Alibayli thinks Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), Azerbaijan Liberal Party (ALP), Musavat Party and YAP (New Azerbaijan Party) passed this barrier according to official figures of 2005 parliament elections and these parties should form Commissions on an equal footing. The amendments call for additional rights for observers, establishing polling stations at military units and voting in general polling stations for servicemen, elimination of procedure of presenting ID card before voting, dismissal of state officers from Election Commission.

It offers deputy and one of the secretaries Central Election Committee to be opposition representative.

He said draft resolution is to be submitted to corresponding bodies and debated with international organizations.