BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 6. Appeals to observe the early presidential election in Azerbaijan on February 7 were received from 72 international observers from 19 countries, Chairman of the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov said at today's CEC meeting, Trend reports.
Panahov noted that all these appeals received a positive response.
He also said that the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) has already sent information about the participation of 37 observers, the CIS Parliamentary Assembly - about 17, Türkiye - five, and CIS - nine observers.
Besides, according to Panahov, an observation mission led by the Chairman of the Georgian CEC also sent information.
In addition, the Azerbaijani CEC accredited 228 local observers. including 92 - on their own initiative, 10 - representatives of NGOs and 126 - observers from the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) with special permission.
The Azerbaijani CEC on Dec. 19 approved the candidacy of Ilham Aliyev, nominated by the YAP, for participation in the extraordinary presidential election.
Later, at the CEC session held on December 21, the commission approved the self-nominated candidates of Zahid Oruj and Fuad Aliyev, Fazil Mustafa of the Great Order Party, Elshad Musayev of the Great Azerbaijan Party, Gudrat Hasanguliyev of the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party and Razi Nurullayev of the National Front Party to become candidates for the upcoming election.
On Dec. 26, self-nominated Sarvan Karimov, Matlab Mutallimli, Abutalib Samedov, Fikrat Yusifov, Yusif Baghirzadeh, Arzuman Abdulkarimov, Yunus Oguz and Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli have been approved by the CEC to put up their candidacies for the presidential election. Also, on December 30, the CEC approved the self-nominated Namizad Safarov to put up his candidacy for the election.
The CEC meeting held today registered the candidacies of Zahid Oruj and Razi Nurullayev for the post of president.
Early presidential election will be held in Azerbaijan on February 7, 2024. The corresponding decree was signed by President Ilham Aliyev.
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