2024-06-21 15:14:44
Suspending the date of parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan will enable us to efficiently resolve all points associated to the group of COP29, and also will create circumstances for the parliament to operate in full power throughout an occasion of such a excessive degree.
As Day.Az reported on Friday, this was acknowledged by Member of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) Soltan Mamedov at right now’s assembly of the Azerbaijani Parliament.
In line with him, in recent times, Azerbaijan has been experiencing one of the crucial formidable durations in its historical past.
“The victory within the Patriotic Warfare of 2020 and the outcomes of native anti-terrorism measures carried out in Karabakh by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in 2023 opened a brand new web page within the historical past of our individuals. The rising energy and authority of our state within the worldwide enviornment led to an excellent larger deepening of belief in us.
The choice taken final December to host the twenty ninth session of the Convention of the Events to the United Nations Framework Conference on Local weather Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan was one other indicator of the excessive belief of the worldwide neighborhood in Azerbaijan. This November, our nation, together with COP29, will host such necessary worldwide occasions because the nineteenth session of the assembly of the events to the Kyoto Protocol and the sixth session of the assembly of the events to the Paris Settlement. Getting ready for these prestigious occasions, the place world points can be mentioned, takes a variety of effort and time,” he mentioned.
He additionally talked about that it’s deliberate to arrange a Parliamentary Convention inside the framework of the COP29 session.
“A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Milli Majlis and the Inter-Parliamentary Union on this. The Parliamentary Convention is without doubt one of the most necessary occasions of COP29, and to arrange for it, working teams of deputies must be created within the Milli Majlis. As well as, the preparation of the ultimate doc of the Parliamentary Convention is prolonged and a posh course of. Due to this fact, the formation of a brand new composition of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan earlier than the beginning of the COP29 session is essential.
In line with Half II of Article 98.1 of the Structure of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the subsequent elections to the Milli Majlis must be held in November 2024. Parliamentary elections are one of many crucial occasions within the socio-political lifetime of the nation, and preparation for such an necessary occasion requires a reasonably severe strategy, arduous work and time. On this regard, the simultaneous conduct of two large-scale and necessary processes can have a sure influence on each the efficient actions of presidency our bodies and the conventional lifetime of society. I feel, taking all this under consideration, we should always help the initiative to alter the election date,” the deputy famous.
Soltan Mammadov emphasised that within the occasion of early elections to the Milli Majlis, for the primary time since independence, deputies representing Karabakh and Zangezur can be elected throughout voting in these territories.
“This can be one other necessary political occasion within the historical past of Azerbaijan after the presidential elections held for the primary time in 2024 all through the nation.
Members of the Azerbaijani parliament have all the time given precedence to state pursuits. That is evidenced by the actions of parliament over the previous 5 years and the excessive degree of exercise proven by deputies in defending the nationwide pursuits of our nation. Due to this fact, I imagine that my revered colleagues will help the initiative of deputies representing the New Azerbaijan Occasion to name early elections to the Milli Majlis,” he added.
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