BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 10. Any external interference in the country’s parliamentary election is impossible, Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mazahir Panahov stated, a source in the CEC told Trend.
Panahov stressed at Tuesday's CEC meeting that the recent parliamentary election followed all legal requirements.
His remarks came following a debriefing with observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), who recently concluded their mission in Azerbaijan.
Panahov assured the OSCE/ODIHR observers that the election process adhered to legal standards and that external interference or coercion was unacceptable.
"I conveyed to the OSCE mission that the election were conducted according to the law. Any form of external interference or forced opinions is unacceptable. We assured them that we would carefully consider their constructive feedback regarding the election," the chairman added.
To recall, the snap parliamentary election was held in Azerbaijan on September 1.
A total of 112,749 local observers were registered, including over 65,000 representatives of political parties. There were 598 international observers from 51 organizations and 69 countries.
Among the 990 registered candidates, 305 represented 25 political parties, while 371 were party members but were not nominated by their parties. In total, 676 candidates were affiliated with political parties.