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Parliament discusses draft referendum act on annexes and amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan

26 December 2008 10:41 (UTC +04:00)

MPs spoke about problems related to gas and energy supply. MP Igbal Agazadeh noted that measures should be taken to eliminate problems on gas, energy supply. MPs Iltizam Akbarli, Fazil Mustafa stated importance of these issues. Mustafa touched upon headquarters of political parties and noted that several parties were without headquarters in Azerbaijan. MP proposed the government to allocate a land plot to construct headquarters.
MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev noted that 450 people appealed him about swindling them by GEN Ltd. Hasanguliyev added that though swindlers were arrested, injured people were left without houses. MP proposed to share plot of lands to injured people.
MP Gular Ahmadova made a keynote speech about Azerbaijani TV Channels. Except AzTV Channel, other Channels have negative impact on psychology and morality of people.
MP Asim Mollazadeh told about campaign apologizing to Armenians. Mollazadeh stated that whole Turkic World should demand Armenians to apologize for Khojali massacre. He added that Azerbaijanâ€™s Military Prosecutorâ€™s Office has not yet concluded a criminal case on Khojali massacre by now. Mollazadeh proposed Azerbaijani Parliament to be a member of European criminal court and protect citizensâ€™ rights violated by Armenians.
MP Zahid Oruj provided information about smuggling of several Armenian-made products to Azerbaijan and stressed that serious measures should be taken on such kind of cases.
After the discussion of the current issues, the Parliament conducted discussions on draft referendum act on annexes and amendments to the Constitution. MPs presented their proposals on the issue. Speaker of the Parliament Ogtay Asadov underlined that 46 MPs would address the Parliament related to the issue. The Speaker urged MPs to be attentive. Asadov noted that, the issue was linked with proposed annexes and amendments to the Article 29 of the Constitution but not the prolongation of the presidential term.