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Hijab subject for discussion at Azerbaijani Milli Majlis

01 October 2007 14:09 (UTC +04:00)

Panah Huseyn also felt sorry that such problems occur in Ramazan. He said that imprisonment of 7 journalists damages Azerbaijanâ€™s image and proposed to reduce number of MPs to form fraction at Milli Majlis, one of the vice-speakers to be from opposition. Igbal Agazade urged to release imprisoned journalists, adopt new laws on â€œPolitical partiesâ€, â€œFreedom of Assemblyâ€, and make amendment to the Electoral Code. Ikram Israfil found the arrest of Yeni Musavatâ€™s local correspondent illegal and claimed to asses it. He underlined that parliamentarians are on mission in 23 countries and appeared to be interested why mps form Musavat are not included in this composition. Speaker O. Asadov said that there is no problem about it. Gular Ahmadova and Sayavush Novruzov accused opposition of not seeing ongoing development in Azerbaijan. S. Novruzov compared US ambassador to Azerbaijan Anna Derse with local opposition: â€œUnfortunately US ambassador left the meeting early, her presence lasted just for half an hour like our opposition. She did not even hear our speech on legislative initiativeâ€. Zahid Oruj proposed to resume proportional election system. Sabir Rustamkhanli complained of the violation of principles of town-planning. Elmira Akhundova said that ecological situation of Baku is dangerous. Gudrat Hasanguliyev said that ban on wearing hijab at education centers is quite legal according to the constitution: â€œPeople no more wear hijab as a head cover but as an accessory. Azan is sung by microphone. There are so many sick men in the country. Such attempts should be preventedâ€./APA/