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Information session on non-interference in electoral process held in Shirvan â€“ PHOTO

Information session on non-interference in electoral process held in Shirvan â€“ <font color=red>PHOTO </font>

21 September 2010 13:30 (UTC +04:00)

Shirvan. Alibey Zeynalli â€“ APA. The information sessions for the heads of executive powers and chairpersons of the constituency election commissions on non-interference in the electoral process organized by the OSCE Office in Baku in co-operation with the Presidential Administration and the Central Election Commission continued in Shirvan, APAâ€™s Mil-Mughan bureau reports.
The sessions outline the basic principles of democratic elections and the provisions on non-interference in Azerbaijan’s Electoral Code, clarify the role of the executive authorities, and emphasize the independence and responsibilities of the election commissions.

Ambassador Bilge Cankorel, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, in his opening remarks at today’s session recalled the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights election observation mission’s final report on the 15 October 2008 presidential elections, which noted that the "instances of interference in the election process by State and local authorities were fewer than in previous elections."
Cankorel added: "I hope another round of information sessions on non-interference in the electoral process will help us to achieve further progress."

Secretary of the Central Election Commission Natig Mammadov, deputy chief of socio-political department of the Presidential Administration Arastun Mehdiyev, Democratization Programme Manager of the OSCE Office in Baku Jacqueline Carpenter addressed the session and answered the participantsâ€™ questions.