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Azerbaijan’s ruling party has issued comments on the proposed amendments to the country’s constitution.

During the all-republican meeting of heads of city and regional organizations of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, it was noted that the proposed amendments to Azerbaijan’s constitution will pave way for further strengthening the ensuring of human rights and freedoms in the country, improving the activities of the democratic institutions and the management system in general, said the party’s website.

The meeting participants discussed the results of the party’s activities in the first six months of 2016 and reviewed the party’s tasks related to the Referendum Act "On Amendments to the Constitution of Azerbaijan”.

It was noted that the proposed amendments to the constitution comply with the concept of development of democracy in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree July 18 on submitting the draft Referendum Act "On Amendments to the Constitution of Azerbaijan” to the Constitutional Court.

During its session held July 25, the Constitutional Court concluded that the amendments to the Azerbaijani constitution proposed by the country’s President Ilham Aliyev comply with the requirements of the country’s constitution.

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