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No international organization appealed to CEC for holding exit poll in presidential elections so far

31 July 2008 14:46 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadli â€“ APA. It is not known yet which organizations will hold exit polls during the presidential elections. Chief of international relations department of Central Election Commission told APA that it is early to speak about exit poll.
â€œIf there are such organizations, they will express their intentions and appeal to the Central Election Commission. We will not appeal to any organization in connection with exit poll. No organization has appealed so far,â€ he said.
Rovzat Gasimov said the law does not envisage any restrictions for the organizations wishing to hold exit polls.
Association of Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan, which held exit poll in the recent parliamentary elections, has not decided whether to hold such kind of poll in the presidential elections or not. Maherram Zulfugarli, Head of Election Office of Association of Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan told APA that they held exit poll in the previous elections after some international organizations appealed to them.
â€œWe have not received such appeals in connection with the presidential elections. The organizations, which held exit poll along with us in the previous elections, are going only to organize observation,â€ he said.