POLITICS
OSCE BAKU OFFICE STARTS INFORMATION SESSIONS ON NON-INTERFERENCE IN ELECTORAL PROCESS
Baku, September 22 (AZERTAC). A series of information sessions for the heads of executive powers and chairpersons of the constituency election commissions on non-interference in the electoral process organized by the OSCE Office in Baku in co-operation with the Presidential Administration and the Central Election Commission began on September 20.
The sessions will outline the basic principles of democratic elections and the provisions on non-interference in Azerbaijan`s Electoral Code, clarify the role of the executive authorities, and emphasize the independence and responsibilities of the election commissions.
The first information session was organized in Shirvan region on September 21.
The sessions will also be organized in Mingachevir on September 22 and Nakhchivan on September 24, well in advance of the 7 November parliamentary elections.
Ambassador Bilge Cankorel, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, in his opening remarks said: “I hope another round of information sessions on non-interference in the electoral process will help us to achieve further progress.”
The OSCE Office in Baku, the Presidential Administration and the Central Election Commission organized similar events before the 2008 Presidential Election, the 2009 Referendum and the 2009 Municipal Elections.