More Azerbaijani municipalities want to participate in elections

"The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has received 40 applications from municipalities which still maintain power," the CEC said.

Additional municipal elections held in 2006 covered 81 more municipalities. Their term of power will end in 2011.

Azerbaijan will hold municipal elections in mid-December 2009. A total of 22 municipalities whose term of power have not yet finished applied to the CEC last week.

The Electoral Code does not include any provision about participation of municipalities, whose term of power have not terminated yet, in the elections, CEC official Irada Hajiyeva said.

"There are no legal obstacles to hinder these municipalities from participating in the elections," she said.

/Trend News/