BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 21. The coalition of election monitoring “My Vote” presented an interim report on the extraordinary parliamentary election in Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
According to the information, the report was presented by coalition's co-founder Saadat Bananyarli, chairperson of Azerbaijan Society for Protection of Women's Rights named after Dilara Aliyeva Novella Jafaroglu, chairperson of the Public Association “Protection of Human Rights and Legality,” Saida Gojamanli.
Additionally, it was pointed out that the coalition handpicked 533 observers to keep an eye on things in 65 electoral districts spanning the entire territory of Azerbaijan. They came up with educational leaflets that were branded with the coalition's logo.
The observers monitoring the electoral process in the country closely follow the processes taking place in the regions and collect data. The working group created by the coalition, in turn, closely follows all the processes taking place in connection with the electoral process, conducts observations, and analyzes objective and subjective aspects in detail.
The data of the observers indicates that there were no obstacles for the nominees in the signature collection process anywhere in the country. In meetings with coalition members, the nominees noted that the non-registration of candidates was mainly due to deficiencies in documentation.
Moreover, it was mentioned that 459 candidates from 25 political parties had been nominated to run in the election, of which 305 were registered. Besides, under the Electoral Code, blocs of political parties and parties with more than 60 registered candidates are given free airtime and space for publication in several state-funded media outlets. In other words, parties and their blocs with more than 60 registered candidates can conduct campaigning using the opportunity of free airtime. Presently, only the “New Azerbaijan" party can use this opportunity. This is because none of the other parties has more than 60 registered candidates.
On June 28, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree dissolving the sixth convocation of the Azerbaijani Parliament and calling for an extraordinary election.
The snap parliamentary election in Azerbaijan is scheduled for September 1, 2024.
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