Azerbaijan Carries Elections In Karabakh ?

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AZERBAIJAN CARRIES ELECTIONS IN Artsax AND NEIGHBORING TERRITORIES

 

Armenians of Neighboring Territories 'Deprived' of Constitutional right

 

The Central Electoral Committee of Azerbaijan (CEC) took a decision a couple of days ago to reopen the "122 electoral district of Khanqendi" and to appoint CEC members there. The CEC has addressed a message to the "electorate" of Khanqendi electoral district (along with numerous Armenian towns and regions, Baku authorities changed the name of Stepanakert into Khanqendi 15 years ago) informing that they have created "all necessary conditions for free, just elections to realize the rights of Armenian citizens of Azerbaijan".

 

"As a result of creation of a secessionist regime in Azeri territories that Armenia has occupied, the Armenian citizens of Azerbaijan have turned into a plaything in the hands of the aggressor. Along with their constitutional rights, they are deprived of their electoral right. The CEC calls for the Armenian citizens of Azerbaijan to help put an end to the secessionist regime to secure their constitutional rights", the message reads.

 

It is Mazahir Panahov, the head of the CEC, who has turned into a plaything in Ilham Aliyev's hands in this case. This populist statement of Baku authorities targets the international community and attempts to show that Azerbaijan is ready to guarantee the safety of the Armenians. But only three days ago, President Aliyev held forth in Sumgait, the site of first Armenian pogroms, threatening to settle the Artsax conflict by means of arms. Is the West ready to believe Baku's statements when only a few months ago Armenian servicemen were refused entrance visas to Azerbaijan thus failing NATO exercises in Baku? Or, is that possible to believe Baku's assurances when the latter makes a hero of a murderer who axed down his Armenian counterpart in Budapest? US ambassador to Armenia John Evans gave the best description to the anti-Armenian hysteria in Baku, "Everybody understands that Artsax cannot be returned to Azerbaijan as that would be a disaster".

 

Azerbaijan seems to have settled the issue of organizing elections in territories that are out of Baku's control. Mediamx agency quoted Mazahir Panahov as saying that the electorate of "Khanqendi electoral district" can take part in the elections through the Internet. To make the Azeri nonsense complete, it must be noted that Ilham Aliyev's Yeni Azerbaijan Party has put up no candidates in Stepanakert. In the regions of Martuni, Shushi and Fizuli Yeni Azerbaijan represents Elman Mamedov.

 

The CEC of Azerbaijan has formed electoral districts in Artsax-controlled territories, ad exemplum previous years. But contrary to the residents of Stepanakert, Shushi and Martuni, the population of, say, Zangelan, Qelbajar and Ghubatlu, mostly survivors of Armenian pogroms, are not granted the privilege of realizing their constitutional right in the "free and just" elections of November 6.

 

By Tatoul Hakobian

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when you thought these guys couldn't get any more irrational they proove wrong.

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AZERBAIJAN CARRIES ELECTIONS IN Artsax AND NEIGHBORING TERRITORIES

 

Armenians of Neighboring Territories 'Deprived' of Constitutional right

 

The Central Electoral Committee of Azerbaijan (CEC) took a decision a couple of days ago to reopen the "122 electoral district of Khanqendi" and to appoint CEC members there. The CEC has addressed a message to the "electorate" of Khanqendi electoral district (along with numerous Armenian towns and regions, Baku authorities changed the name of Stepanakert into Khanqendi 15 years ago) informing that they have created "all necessary conditions for free, just elections to realize the rights of Armenian citizens of Azerbaijan".

 

"As a result of creation of a secessionist regime in Azeri territories that Armenia has occupied, the Armenian citizens of Azerbaijan have turned into a plaything in the hands of the aggressor. Along with their constitutional rights, they are deprived of their electoral right. The CEC calls for the Armenian citizens of Azerbaijan to help put an end to the secessionist regime to secure their constitutional rights", the message reads.

 

It is Mazahir Panahov, the head of the CEC, who has turned into a plaything in Ilham Aliyev's hands in this case. This populist statement of Baku authorities targets the international community and attempts to show that Azerbaijan is ready to guarantee the safety of the Armenians. But only three days ago, President Aliyev held forth in Sumgait, the site of first Armenian pogroms, threatening to settle the Artsax conflict by means of arms. Is the West ready to believe Baku's statements when only a few months ago Armenian servicemen were refused entrance visas to Azerbaijan thus failing NATO exercises in Baku? Or, is that possible to believe Baku's assurances when the latter makes a hero of a murderer who axed down his Armenian counterpart in Budapest? US ambassador to Armenia John Evans gave the best description to the anti-Armenian hysteria in Baku, "Everybody understands that Artsax cannot be returned to Azerbaijan as that would be a disaster".

 

Azerbaijan seems to have settled the issue of organizing elections in territories that are out of Baku's control. Mediamx agency quoted Mazahir Panahov as saying that the electorate of "Khanqendi electoral district" can take part in the elections through the Internet. To make the Azeri nonsense complete, it must be noted that Ilham Aliyev's Yeni Azerbaijan Party has put up no candidates in Stepanakert. In the regions of Martuni, Shushi and Fizuli Yeni Azerbaijan represents Elman Mamedov.

 

The CEC of Azerbaijan has formed electoral districts in Artsax-controlled territories, ad exemplum previous years. But contrary to the residents of Stepanakert, Shushi and Martuni, the population of, say, Zangelan, Qelbajar and Ghubatlu, mostly survivors of Armenian pogroms, are not granted the privilege of realizing their constitutional right in the "free and just" elections of November 6.

 

By Tatoul Hakobian

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I wondered how this can be possible at all. Would the Azeris law not require the candidates and the parties being registered under an Azeris body? Do they really think that the Armenian parties will register? Am I missing something?