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CEC: Umid Party officials say there was no violation in municipal elections

11 January 2010 09:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadli â€“ APA. Members of the election commissions from Umid Party said there was no violation in the municipal elections on December 23, 2009, press service of the Central Election Commission (CEC) told APA. Appeals by the Umid Partyâ€™s officials Nasimi Mammadli and Anvar Aghazadeh about violation of law during the voting process at the electoral districts No 29, 57, 61, 63, 64, 81 and 114 that the ballots were counted not in the polling stations, but in the electoral commissions, were investigated by CEC and the appeals were not proved. CEC identified that Umid Partyâ€™s officials didnâ€™t observe the voting process in those polling stations. Members of the local election commissions from Umid Party also denied reports about violation of law. â€œThey confirmed observation of Electoral Code in the voting process, counting of ballots at the polling stations and handover the final protocols to the electoral district commissions with the participation of the chairmen and secretaries of the election commissions of polling stations. The investigation showed that the Umid Partyâ€™s claims were not true and there were no grounds to accept the partyâ€™s appealâ€.

Umid Partyâ€™s official Nasimi Mammadli told APA that the issue will be investigated. â€œMay be our representatives at the election commissions didnâ€™t write such explanations. Even if they wrote it they did it under the pressureâ€. Mammadli said the public community would be informed after the issue was investigated completely. â€œWe will discuss the issue with our representatives and observers at the elections commissions because we received the reports from our observers and members of the commissions. They couldnâ€™t change their opinion within several daysâ€.