Ruling party to collect 12,100 signatures for presidential candidate registration
Around 12,100 signatures will be collected in Baku, Sumgait and Absheron district organizations of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) to register Ilham Aliyev's candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections, NAP Deputy Executive Secretary Siyavush Novruzov said at a workshop held in the Khatai district organization of the ruling party in connection with the collection of signatures for the presidential candidate registration.
According to the Electoral Code, it is necessary to collect 40,000 signatures to register a candidate, he said.
"The ruling party can collect up to one million signatures to register a candidate," Novruzov said. "According to other requirements of the code, it is necessary to collect signatures from at least 60 constituencies. But the ruling party's board decided to collect the subscription lists from all 125 constituencies."
"The Baku, Sumgait and Absheron district organizations of the ruling party include around 200,000 members," he added. "Around 12,100 signatures will be collected from this area or 8 percent of the party members."
The presidential elections in Azerbaijan are scheduled for autumn.
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