Amendments to Azerbaijani Electoral Code to be submitted to parliament for discussion

A bill "On additions and amendments to Electoral Code" is included in the agenda of the parliamentary meeting to be held tomorrow, Parliament's spokesman Akif Tevekkuloglu told Trend.

He said that the bill envisages additions and amendments to a number of procedural rules.

Recent additions and amendments to the Azerbaijani Electoral Code were made in June 2010. In particular, it envisaged cancellation of the practice for allocating funds from public budget to candidates, changing the period of announcement of date of elections from 75 to 60 days before polling day. It has been amended ten times, since 2003, when the Code was adopted.

The bill envisages making amendments and additions aimed at the coordination of the provisions of the Electoral Code with the Republic's Constitution.

According to the recent amendments made to the Constitution by referendum under the Article 84.1 and 101.5 of the Azerbaijani Constitution, term of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic is extended if military operations in the condition of war make the election of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic impossible. Also if elections to the parliament of Azerbaijan Republic cannot be held because of military operations, the term of the parliament's authority is prolonged till the end of the military operations.

The relevant amendments were approved by Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan Republic based on the appeal of the Central Election Commission.

According to Tevekkuloglu, the parliamentary meeting's agenda will include 14 issues. In particular, it will discuss the additions and amendments to the law of Azerbaijan Republic on Public Service, to the law on compulsory insurance, the ratification of several international agreements, reorganization of disciplinary and counting commission of the Parliament, etc.


/Trend/