A new draft law “On political parties” or a set of prohibitions? |

Some of the provisions in the new project were met with dissatisfaction

National assembly, the president or who did not participate in municipal elections 2 times in a row political party cancellation will be done.

Political and the number of members needed to establish the party 10from 00 10 000 is increased.

These provisions National It will be discussed in the assembly.Political about parties” new law the opposite in the project found.

The project, which consists of 6 chapters and 30 articles, emphasizes that each of the political parties at least 20 living in Azerbaijan 20Can be founded by 0 people.

A while ago 10 party chairman “About political parties” new law for the preparation of the project National He appealed to the chairman of the assembly. The party leaders emphasized the importance of preparing a new law that meets the modern development realities and the requirements of the time.

Among those parties judge MAKE along with the names of the People’s, Civic and Development parties were also included.

“Sahiba Gafarova asked for our suggestions”

Chairman of the People’s Party Panah Hussein In an interview to Meydan TV, he said that the Speaker of the Milli Majlis, Sahiba Gafarova, addressed them and asked for their suggestions:

“We also sent our proposals conceptually. Our main position was that until there is a corresponding change in the Constitution, the new law It is not right to accept. In other words, the proportional election system must be restored first. No, if there will be a new law, it should be brought up for public discussion before discussion in the National Assembly. There are no provisions mentioned in our proposal package.

“In general, we believe that the constitutional status of the parties should be raised, and for this the provision (s) about political parties should be established in the Constitution in the form of independent, separate articles”, said P.Hussein added.

“Restore the proportional election system”

Imprisoned chairman of the Civic and Development Party Ali Aliyev’s deputy Zaur Mahiroglu also told Meydan TV that they submitted the proposal package to the Milli Majlis a long time ago. Z. Mahiroglu said that he was not aware of the known proposal:

“There is no such provision in our proposal package. First of all, we want parties to be provided with electoral headquarters during the elections. Secondly, the proportional election system should be restored.” “Also, political parties represented in the Milli Majlis should have the right to create an “Opposition faction”. Fourth, the condition that the party must have at least 1,000 members to be registered should be maintained. “Also, the parties are guaranteed to appear in the mass media and television channels financed from the state budget and other proposals,” said Zaur Mahiroglu.

“Participation in elections is a right, not a duty”

Musavat The head of the party Arif Hajili In a statement to Meydan TV, he said that the provision on the participation of the party in the elections reflected in the new project is completely anti-democratic.

Musavat the president believes that this provision is directed against the parties:

“The pre-election situation in Azerbaijan is anti-democratic, there is no suitable election legislation for holding democratic elections. Finally, the fact that the election administration is fully under the control of the authorities and other factors do not allow many parties to participate in the elections. “Also, the right of parties to boycott elections is one of the factors confirming their participation in political processes. That is why the party boycotted the participation in the elections cancellation to do is absurd and anti-democratic. The point is that participation in elections is a right, not a duty. Calling voters to boycott means political influence on the election process.

Arif Hajili believes that the purpose of parties is not only to participate in elections:

“Parties have the opportunity to influence political processes even without participating in elections. They can make a number of suggestions to the society by publicizing their ideas.”

“They intend to completely close the political square”

Political analyst Azer Gasimli told Meydan TV that it would be a shame to accept the project in this context:

“The new project suggests that the space for creating a party and engaging in political activity in Azerbaijan is shrinking completely. With the adoption of such a law, the authoritarian regime withdraws from the civil struggle, and the authoritarian system is further strengthened.”

According to Azer Gasimly, the government intends to prevent the new generation from entering politics with such a project:

“They want to keep the previous configuration. They have registered 5-6 non-member parties for themselves, and they are not interested in the existence of other parties. Thus, they intend to completely close the political arena.”

“What do you mean 20 Can people living in Azerbaijan create a party? It turns out that abroad education Can’t a person who bought and returned be a party founder? Or why do they raise the number of members to 10,000? If you inspect any registered political party, it does not have a thousand members, let alone 10 thousand,” said Azer Gasimli.

he MAKEdoes not include in this list, says that judge the party is managed through administrative resources: “Also, any citizen may not be a party member, but will support. In today’s world, this is important. In fact, it was necessary to reduce the membership by a thousand.”

The project will be discussed at the end of September

Chairman of the Legal Policy and State Building Committee of the Milli Majlis Ali Huseynli “Qafqazinfo“he said that the new project is open for discussion. According to him, it is planned to hold the first public hearing of the law at the end of September:

“In this process, it will be possible to learn the opinions of political parties, relevant state institutions and civil societies once again. Of course, such a transparent approach will be an important contribution to the further improvement of the draft law.”

The chairman of the committee answered the question about the necessity of the new project:

“During the past period, up to 70 additions and changes were made to the law “On Political Parties” at various times. But 2018year extraordinary the president Mr. after his election Ilham Aliyev political and democratic reforms, including the formation of a new political configuration, took a special place in the context of the reconstruction declared by Especially, in the course of the 2020 Patriotic War, as a result of these reforms, political relations characteristic of modern, independent state building were formed. Also, independent state building based on modern world experience against the background of the processes taking place in the global worldflour visions about the future of political dialogue, political pluralism and general political reforms in the country news gives All these factors necessitate the adoption of a new law “On Political Parties”.

“It is impossible not to be stunned by the logic of those who wrote this project”

Lawyer Alasgar Mammadli also disagrees with the provisions of the draft law. About thisFacebook“, the lawyer who writes in his account says that after reading the first sentence of the news about the presentation of the project, there is no need to read the rest:

“They wrote in the draft that to become a political party founder, ordinary founders must be people who have been living in Azerbaijan for at least the last 20 years.

It is impossible not to be stunned by the logic of those who wrote this project. Azerbaijan Article 100 of the Constitution requires the president, to whom we have entrusted this country, to live permanently in Azerbaijan for only 10 years. But 20 years from each of the 200 founders of a party.”

In Azerbaijan, the law “On Political Parties” was prepared and adopted in 1992. The law was last amended in 2012.