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Latif Huseynov: â€œVenice Commission has not made concrete proposal on formation of election commissions in Azerbaijanâ€

20 May 2008 13:54 (UTC +04:00)

Regarding the probability of acceptance of the proposal on parity formation of the election commissions, Huseynov said this issue was not on the agenda. â€œCompositions of the commissions will not be changedâ€. The expert said the Venice Commission had not seen any serious problem in this issue. â€œVenice Commission didnâ€™t make concrete proposal on the formation of election commissionsâ€.
To him, it is not important to form composition of election commissions basing on parity for the purpose of democratic and transparent elections.
â€œThere are enough guarantees in Electoral Code on democratic elections. Why is it considered that election commissions determine outcomes of the elections in Azerbaijan? Such approach is not rightâ€, he said.
He noted that the last version of the document would be sent to the Venice Commission after adoption of amendments and annexes to Electoral Code in MM.
â€œMaybe, Venice Commission will announce its opinion on annexes and amendments to Electoral Code of Azerbaijan till June 14-15. I will participate in the meeting. I cannot say which amendments will be in the draft law raised for discussion in MM. If the draft law is adopted without change, the Venice Commission will estimate the draft law positively. There will be several infanciesâ€, he said.
Huseynov added that annexes and amendments to Electoral Code and Freedom of Assembly would be laid on the tapis in the Parliament late in May.