Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 26
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
An international mission consisting of members of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TurkPA) started monitoring the referendum for amending the Constitution of Azerbaijan, Jandos Asanov, TurkPA secretary general, told Trend Sept. 26.
The mission is headed by Nurlan Dulatbekov, a member of the Majilis, the lower chamber of the Kazakh parliament.
The group also includes parliamentarians from Kyrgyzstan and Turkey.
The voting for making amendments to Azerbaijan’s constitution kicked off at 08:00 and will wrap up at 19:00 (UTC/GMT +4).
As many as 117 international observers – MPs from around 35 countries as well as observers from various international organizations, including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – have been accredited by Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) to observe the referendum.
The total number of the observers is around 53,000.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to hold a referendum on amending the Constitution on Sept. 26.