Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 5
By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:
The municipalities of Azerbaijan have created an initiative group for a campaign in connection with the referendum scheduled for September 26, 2016 and related to annexes and amendments to the country’s constitution.
As many as 348 representatives of municipalities of all districts of Azerbaijan took part in the meeting held in this regard.
At the meeting, the participants highly appreciated the proposed amendments to the constitution, having noted that the last referendum on amendments and annexes to Azerbaijan's constitution was held March 18, 2009.
In addition, twenty-seven plenipotentiary representatives of the initiative group and an authorized representative for financial issues were appointed.
It was also decided to send a notification to the Central Election Commission for registration of the created initiative group.
Earlier, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to hold a referendum on amending the country’s constitution September 26, 2016.