Online newspaper of Egypt posts article about presidential election in Azerbaijan
Amman, October 25 (AZERTAC). Egypt`s online newspaper Arabjournaleaks has posted an article by Elnur Aslanov, head of Department of political analysis and information provision at the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, regarding the results of the presidential election held on October 9 in Azerbaijan.
The Author Elnur Aslanov said the people of Azerbaijan freely expressed their conscious choice and will at the presidential election of October 9. He noted that the report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights which made unfair and biased criticism means nothing for Azerbaijani voter, who voted for Ilham Aliyev.
Azerbaijan`s high-ranking official said today, heads of state from all over the globe sent congratulatory messages welcoming open and democratic elections that confirmed people`s confidence to President Ilham Aliyev. For the people of Azerbaijan, who contributed to the future of the country with their voice, these elections proved an additional reason for unification of all political forces and all citizens in support of the elected head of state.
“However, there is always a fly in the ointment. So, if not otherwise, can be called the report of the assessment mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of OSCE. This organization, founded in 1990 and first called the Office for Free Elections, now is not consistent with the originally stated goals and objectives.
What is interesting is that the ODIHR report means nothing for voters who voted in an open and democratic environment for Ilham Aliyev. Any citizen of the independent Azerbaijan had, has and will have a president elected by these people themselves whose main task is to define the course of development of the country in line with national interests. It is for this reason that the ODIHR`s assessment of the electoral process and elections in Azerbaijan cannot be called anything other than political hypocrisy. First, elections in Azerbaijan were, are and will be held in accordance with the Constitution and the Electoral Code of the country, but not under orders from outside.
Secondly, obviously biased position of observers of the assessment mission, the theater of absurd, in which an international institution called the OSCE ODIHR became a tool of political pressure, points to extreme incompetence and a something close to simple stupidity.
One is simply obliged to give this assessment given the language of the report, in which the striking superficiality of the mission, documenting some of the claims solely based on the viewpoint of opposition newspapers, can easily be noticed.
Western countries themselves do not live up to many of the ODIHR recommendations traditionally imposed on CIS countries like an ultimatum.”
Aslanov said amid the general positive perception of the election in Azerbaijan, about which nearly 1,300 international observers from 100 countries have given their positive reviews.
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