Azerbaijani CEC: No law violations at referendum
By Trend
The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) has not received any appeals about violations of the law that may cast a shadow on the referendum which is being held in Azerbaijan on September 26, Mazahir Panahov, CEC head, told reporters.
"No country can be safe from the violations of the law during an event where millions of people are involved,” he said. “No one says that our voting will take place perfectly and there will be no violations."
Panahov added that the CEC’s hotline is always available.
The referendum to make amendments to Azerbaijan’s Constitution
kicked off at 08:00 and will wrap up at 19:00 (UTC/GMT +4).
The number of voters in Azerbaijan stands at 5,267,111 people,
according to the Central Election Commission (CEC).
As many as 117 international observers – MPs from over 30 countries
as well as observers from various international organizations,
including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE) – have been accredited by Azerbaijan’s CEC to observe the
referendum.
The total number of the observers is around 53,000.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to hold a
referendum on amending the Constitution on September 26.
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