Azerbaijan devising bill on municipalities' submitting report to parliament

"As a result of the March referendum, the item on which local authorities are required to submit a report to Parliament was injected into the Constitution. A forthcoming bill will reflect the mechanism and rules of the submission of the report," Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Issues, Arif Rahimzade, said in his interview with the official website of the governing New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) on Sept. 10.

As a result of the unification of some municipalities in Azerbaijan, their number declined from 2,760 to 1,720. Under the existing law, the municipalities do not provide a report on its activities. The experts believe that the municipality must submit a report for the transparency.

Rahimzade said if the development of the paper finishes in near future, it will be submitted to the Parliament for discussion during the autumn session.

/Trend News/