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First Deputy Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ziyafet Asgarov said that Azerbaijan has really created an excellent legal environment for holding absolutely democratic, fair and transparent elections.

He noted that additional air time has been allocated for presidential candidates on the Public Television.

"We look forward to their speeches about their platforms, programs, to hear that something offered by them differs from the authorities' plans. Unfortunately, we do not see this and instead we observe only scandals, groundless slander and insults," he said.

According to him, this is undesirable, as the candidate must explain his program to the voters.

"I regret that we have not managed to see this yet," he said adding that all state bodies involved in the electoral process today, that is, the bodies of Executive power, law enforcement bodies, the Central Election Commission are operating properly.

The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held on October 9.

The previous presidential elections were held on October 15 2008.

Azerbaijan holds presidential elections every five years.