BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 20. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan hosted a meeting of chairmen of district election commissions, Trend reports.
Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Head of Territorial-Organizational Issues Department of the Presidential Administration Zeynal Naghdaliyev, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Farhad Abdullayev, First Deputy Chairman of Milli Majlis (Parliament) Ali Huseynli, Deputy Minister of Justice Togrul Musayev, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Ismat Aliyev, First Deputy Prosecutor General Elchin Mammadov took part in the meeting.
CEC Chairman Mazahir Panavov said that the election in Azerbaijan is open to the international community.
Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan - Head of the Territorial-Organizational Issues Department of the Presidential Administration Zeynal Naghdaliyev noted that today the electoral legislation of Azerbaijan is not inferior to the legislation of the leading countries of the world in its democracy.
Chairman of the Constitutional Court Farhad Abdullayev emphasized Azerbaijan's experience in holding democratic elections and spoke of the tasks assigned to the Constitutional Court in the election process.
First Deputy Chairman of Milli Majlis (Parliament) Ali Huseynli recalled that during the adoption of the new law, some political parties argued about the issue of 5,000 members and thought it would prevent their registration.
"But now these political parties are boycotting the election. This is very unfortunate. To achieve registration and then boycott the election is a great political incivility," Huseynli added.
CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov once again appealed to all political parties to take part in the election.
Deputy Justice Minister Togrul Musayev noted that the names of those who died before December 15 this year were removed from the voter lists and submitted to the CEC.
Deputy Interior Minister, Police Lieutenant General Ismat Aliyev said that the process of issuing necessary documents to citizens whose identity cards expire before the election day, as well as to persons who will be 18 years old by the election day has started.
"The issues raised by district and private election commissions within the police powers will be actively solved. Actions preventing exit polls will be immediately prevented," Aliyev added.
First Deputy Prosecutor General Elchin Mammadov said that those who obstruct the work of election commissions will be brought to administrative and criminal responsibility.
The CEC Chairman thanked the representatives of state structures who participated in the meeting.
Stay up-to-date with more news at Trend News Agency's WhatsApp channel