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Azerbaijani ruling party sees no necessity to amend Azerbaijani Election Code

Politics Materials 20 August 2009 15:28 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.20 / Trend J. Babayeva /

The ruling New Azerbaijan Party does not see any need in injecting serious amendments to the Azerbaijani Election Code.

The current Election Code enables the country to hold free, fair and transparent elections. Election Code has been tested and acquitted itself. International organizations also appraised the Code, Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the New Azerbaijan party, Ali Ahmedov, told in an interview to the official website of the party on aug.20.

There are intentions to amend the Election Code in connection with municipal elections. However, it is impossible due to lack of time, Ahmedov added.

Regarding the proposals on defining the legal status of municipalities, Ahmedov said that sometimes the need arises. "The country adopted the law on unification of municipalities and I believe that the process will continue in the future," Ahmedov added.

In Azerbaijan, the municipal elections scheduled for December, 2009.

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