2023-08-05 07:27:03
On August 4, the Baku Court of Appeal did not satisfy the appeal against the preventive measure chosen by the Sabunchu District Court against Elkhan Aliyev, a member of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party.
Lawyer Nemat Karimli states that although Elkhan Aliyev was accused of fraud and falsification of documents, his actions did not contain these charges.
“The indictment talks about the purchase and sale of land. The buying and selling process is not over yet. In Elkhana’s application, it was also stated that there is a measure against her, that they want to arrest her. He said in court that he had been warned in advance that he was going to the regions a lot. He stated that his arrest was unequivocally related to his political activities”, the lawyer noted.
Ali Karimli, Chairman of the PFLP, said that the Court of Appeal also fulfilled the political order.
“The accusation against Elkhana Bey is a clear example of cruelty and injustice. The arrest of Elkhan Aliyev is not only an illegality, a political order, but a direct crime. Elkhan Bey took the opportunity, made a video and sent it to his friends that there was a plan for his arrest. He said that according to the plan they wanted to involve him in some fake case. He also mentioned the name of the person who will be used in this case. Here we are talking not only about illegal and slanderous arrests, but about the commission of a crime against Elkhan Bey.”
Karimli said that ministers and high-ranking officials who embezzled millions of manats of state funds are released to house arrest after paying the damages.
Karimli said that ministers and high-ranking officials who embezzled millions of manats of state funds are released to house arrest after paying the damages.
“On the one hand, ministers, heads of executive power, heads of departments accused of embezzling 10 million manats are put under house arrest and sit in their homes. But, what do they say to the PFLP member here? Mr. Elkhan earns his living by mediating sales. Why did he get into this situation? Because they don’t let PFLP activists work anywhere. He decided to mediate in the purchase and sale, and here the intermediary earns 1-2 percent. The government says that its own can steal millions, tens of millions. Then they will return the money and walk free. However, a member of the PFLP cannot act as a broker,” he said.
Karimli believes that arrests cannot shake the real opposition in the country.
“There have been such arrests so far. We are still standing. Our struggle will continue”, said the chairman of the PFLP.
On July 27, the Sabunchu District Court chose a three-month preventive measure against Elkhan Aliyev, a member of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, based on the petition of the investigative body.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Elkhan Aliyev, Yusif Aliyev and Vafadar Akhundov abused the trust of the citizen and sold the plots of land on the basis of forged documents.
“They committed fraud by selling 14 sots of land to a citizen for 57,000 manat with a forged document in Nardaran settlement, Sabunchu district, Baku city. Elkhan Aliyev, Yusif Aliyev, Vafadar Akhundov were detained by police officers based on the request received in this regard,” he said.
Articles 178.3.2 (if fraud is committed by causing a large amount of damage), 320.1 (illegal preparation for the purpose of using an official document granting rights) and 320.2 (knowingly using fake documents) of the Criminal Code in the Investigation Department of the Sabunchu District Police Department. a criminal case was initiated.
The press service said that the images shared by Elkhan Aliyev on social networks are intended to insure his illegal actions and do not reflect the truth.
In turn, Elkhan Aliyev said in a video posted on his Facebook page before his arrest that a person had been asking him to find a house for several days.
“I used to be in the house buying and selling business. I haven’t been doing this for a few months now. But one person called me saying that he wants a house. I was very suspicious. I showed him several houses. This man has not given up on me for almost ten days. Every day on the phone, he asks to find me a house or a country house. I showed a house today. He didn’t like it either. Now he called me to go eat and get to know each other better. There are many doubtful points for me. I’m just saying, keep it in mind. I’m going to meet him now. I don’t know if this is a game of the authorities or what. I think it’s a game. But I’m still going to the meeting,” he shared this video before his arrest.
Voice of America
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