Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CEC) conducted its session headed by Mr. Mazahir Panahov

16 may 2006 14:56

Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CEC) conducted its session headed by Mr. Mazahir Panahov on May 16, 2006.

Firstly, CEC Chairman touched upon the opinions of international observation missions concerning repeat elections to the Milli Majlis conducted on May 13, 2006 and drew the attention to the fact that the opinions were, in general, positive. He informed about the reception of 23 appeals by CEC after the voting day and let to know that in some of these appeals citizens expressed their gratitude for the conduct of elections pursuant to the requirements of law, but some of them were characterized as complaints.

Later, Commissioners reported on the appeals received by CEC. It became clear that some of the appeals characterized as complaints did not contain concrete facts. Therefore, CEC Commissioners unanimously agreed to continue the investigation of such type of appeals. Some of the appeals were found to be anonymous. And it was decided to send three of the appeals to the relevant Constituency Election Commission on determination for preliminary investigation.

At the session, current issues were also considered.
At the CEC session, representatives of OSCE Observation Mission, the USA embassy, IFES (International Foundation for Election Systems) and mass media also took part.