Azerbaijan , Baku , October 9/ Trend S. Agayeva /
For the election of president of Azerbaijan, everything is prepared at a high level, chairman of the Central Election Commission of Moldova, Iurie Ciocan, who is in Azerbaijan to observe the elections, told Trend on Wednesday.
"Since the opening of the polling stations we visit them as a part of an international delegation. Elections are held in normal mode, in the morning we were present at all proceedings related to opening the stations, i.e. sealing of ballot boxes, counting of ballots and registration of observers. Logistics at all polling stations is good, and we also noted installed webcams at many polling stations in Baku and outside the city," Ciocan said.
According to the Chairman of the Moldavian CEC, everything is prepared at a high level.
"In our opinion , the voter turnout should be high enough as since morning we observed that people are arriving at polling stations. At one of the stations there even was a queue," he said.
The presidential election voting started in Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Country's polling stations opened at 8:00 am and will close at 7:00 pm (local time).
Ten candidates will take part in the elections including the Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the chairman of Umid Party Igbal Aghazadeh, self-nominated candidate MP Zahid Oruj, the chairman of the United Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (UAPFP) MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, the chairman of the Modern Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party (ASDP) Araz Alizadeh, the chairman of the National Revival Movement Party, MP Faraj Guliyev, the candidate nominated by the initiative group of voters of the 'National Council of Democratic Forces', Jamil Hasanli, the chairman of the Adalat Party, MP Ilyas Ismayilov and the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) Sardar Jalaloglu.
The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan has registered 5,145,643 voters.
In connection with the presidential elections, the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan established 5,273 permanent and 219 temporary polling stations.
Web cameras have been installed in 1000 polling stations in 119 constituencies of Azerbaijan. Unlike in previous years, this time the voting process can be monitored via mobile devices such as smartphones.
Totally, 52,000 people observe the election in Azerbaijan, nearly 1,400 of which are international observers.
Also, the presidential election are being covered by over 70 representatives from over 20 international media outlets.
Chairman of Moldavian CEC: Everything prepared at high level for election of president of Azerbaijan
For the election of president of Azerbaijan, everything is prepared at a high level, chairman of the Central Election Commission of Moldova, Yuri Ciocan, who is in Azerbaijan to observe the elections
