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CEC considers complaint of initiative groups â€œFor Karabakh and Republicâ€ and â€œThe Republicansâ€ groundless

27 January 2009 15:19 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadliâ€“APA. Member of the Parliament Aydin Mirzazadeh was appointed an authoritative representative of the New Azerbaijan Campaign Group to the Central Election Commission (CEC).
CEC approved the list of 25 authoritative representatives and 25 advocates of the New Azerbaijan Campaign Group on January 27, APA reports.
CEC members also reviewed the appeal of the initiative group â€œFor Karabakh and Republicâ€. The groupâ€™s representative Hasan Karimov told CEC that their signature collectors faced with pressure by police and executive bodies in the regions and two members of the Azerbaijan Peopleâ€™s Front party were arrested in Sabirabad. CEC Secretary Natig Mammadov said that the facts were investigated and not approved. He said the party members were arrested in Sabirabad because of drug storage, which had no relation to referendum.
CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov said that Umid Partyâ€™s representative sent them a letter, where he said that he was involved in signature campaign, but couldnâ€™t collect the signatures. He sent back the signature leaflets.
CEC member Akif Gurbanov said he did not believe it and called to identify whether that person was the Umidâ€™s member or not.
Representative of the initiative group â€œFor Karabakh and Republicâ€ Hasan Karimov said the signature collectors faced with pressure in the regions and two arrested in Sabirabad were slandered.
CEC considered appeals of both groups groundless.