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Azerbaijani academics form referendum initiative group

Politics Materials 22 January 2009 15:04 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 22 / Trend , J.Babayeva/

Academics from the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) are forming a referendum initiative group.

"Meetings of the preliminary initiative groups were held at the ANAS and representatives were named," Academic Secretary of the ANAS Presidium Sarkhan Abbasov told Trend on Jan. 22. "The initiative group will comprise 2,000 people."

A founding meeting will be held on Jan. 23, he added.

A referendum to make amendments and changes to 29 articles of the Constitution will be held in Azerbaijan on March 18.

So far, 11 referendum initiative groups have been formed. Four have already submitted signature lists to the Central Election Commission.

The Constitution was adopted in 1995. Amendments and additions were made in 2002.

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