BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 16. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan will dissolve the precinct election commissions for 35 polling stations, CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov announced during a meeting of the Commission, Trend reports.
"I propose to terminate the activities of those responsible for violations during the election, rather than the precinct election commissions themselves," Panahov stated.
The chairman also revealed that the individuals accountable for these violations have been identified.
CEC Deputy Chairman Rovzat Gasimov supported Panahov's proposal, suggesting that the polling stations in Aghdam electoral district No. 119 be excluded from the list of precincts recommended for dissolution.
Trend provides the following list of polling stations recommended for dissolution:
Polling Station No. 12, 3rd Xazar Second Electoral District
Polling Station No. 25, 15th Yasamal First Electoral District
Polling Station No. 15, 18th Narimanov-Nizami-Binegedi Electoral District
Polling Station No. 1, 1st Surakhani Second Electoral District
Polling Station No. 13, 38th Ganja First Electoral District
Polling Station No. 38, 41st Ganja-Samukh-Goranboy Electoral District
Polling Stations No. 4, No. 5, No. 9, 48th Absheron First Electoral District
Polling Stations No. 2, No. 8, 52nd Yevlakh Electoral District
Polling Station No. 88, 80th Lerik-Astara Electoral District
Polling Stations No. 41, No. 42, No. 44, No. 45, 82nd Imishli-Saatli Electoral District
Polling Stations No. 20, No. 25, No. 34, 104th Goychay Electoral District
Polling Station No. 21 from the Aghdam Electoral District No. 119 has been excluded from this list.
The proposal to dissolve these precinct election commissions comes in response to identified shortcomings of the 36 polling stations in the election process.
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The Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, Rovzat Gasimov, has proposed to dissolve precinct election commissions at 36 polling stations following the recent extraordinary parliamentary election, Trend reports.
Gasimov made the proposal during today’s CEC meeting.
He highlighted that over 1,500 posts on social media had been reviewed, revealing concerns about the influence on voter intentions in Azerbaijan.
"We aim to demonstrate that no one is interfering with the will of the voters in Azerbaijan. Our investigations have led us to believe that certain measures are necessary. Doubts have arisen regarding the voting results at some polling points. There is a need to annul the election results in these areas. The results at these stations should be deemed invalid," Gasimov stated.
To note, on September 1, the snap parliamentary election was held in Azerbaijan.
A total of 112,749 local observers were registered to observe the election. More than 65,000 of them were representatives of political parties. The number of registered international observers was 598, representing 51 organizations and 69 countries.
Out of 990 registered candidates in the parliamentary election, 305 are representatives of 25 political parties. Even though 371 candidates were affiliated with political parties, their respective parties did not nominate them. There were 676 candidates who were affiliated with a political party.