POLITICS
OSCE OFFICE HOLDS SEMINAR ON ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND PARTY FINANCING IN AZERBAIJAN
OSCE Office in Baku organized a seminar entitled “Towards transparency in politics: a review of the electoral system and the funding of political parties in Azerbaijan”. The event dealt with structural problems in the Azerbaijani electoral system and the financing of political parties
The event brought together representatives of the Presidential Administration and governmental institutions, as well as members of various parties.
During the seminar, Giovanni Kessler, an Italian Member of Parliament and vice-president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), illustrated pros and cons of the introduction of the different electoral systems adopted in Europe and suggested ways of improving the process in the Azerbaijani political life.
Mario Di Napoli, Secretary of the Italian delegation to the OSCE PA, offered examples of the main European laws on financing of the political parties and suggested some guidelines for the political financing in Azerbaijan.