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LAWYERS UNVEIL ELECTION SYMBOLS

Politics Materials 24 June 2005 13:38 (UTC +04:00)

The election bloc of lawyers, Parliament-2005, has got determined with the symbols to identify the bloc’s supporters in the run up to the upcoming voting in November.

At today’s meeting, the activists and leaders of the bloc also have approved members of the corresponding commissions and discussed appeals [from NGOs and other election blocs] urging the necessity to make changes in the existing Election Code. Besides, the bloc has approved its action plan and considered the possibility of expansion of its Coordinating Council. No information has been provided in terms of the emblem of the bloc, despite a solution of this issue.

Participants of the meeting have decided to hold a roundtable, Elections: changes in the government and protection of ownership rights, on July 6, following discussion of the attitude towards the upcoming elections by international organizations, and praised the corresponding stance by the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe.

For his part, Abbas Atakishiyev, a member of the bloc, came up with proposals on the procedure of the monitoring of the appeals [on holding meetings] to competent state structures, as well as response action by the authorities to meetings and pickets in the regions of the country. He stressed the necessity to move on with the activity of the bloc in this direction.

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