PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT REFERENDUM ACT ON ANNEXES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

Azeri Press Agency
Dec 26 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev-APA. Today’s sitting of the Parliament
conducted discussions on current issues, APA reports.

MPs spoke about problems related to gas and energy supply. MP Igbal
Agazadeh noted that measures should be taken to eliminate problems
on gas, energy supply. MPs Iltizam Akbarli, Fazil Mustafa stated
importance of these issues. Mustafa touched upon headquarters
of political parties and noted that several parties were without
headquarters in Azerbaijan. MP proposed the government to allocate
a land plot to construct headquarters.

MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev noted that 450 people appealed him about
swindling them by GEN Ltd. Hasanguliyev added that though swindlers
were arrested, injured people were left without houses. MP proposed
to share plot of lands to injured people.

MP Gular Ahmadova made a keynote speech about Azerbaijani TV
Channels. Except AzTV Channel, other Channels have negative impact
on psychology and morality of people.

MP Asim Mollazadeh told about campaign apologizing to
Armenians. Mollazadeh stated that whole Turkic World should demand
Armenians to apologize for Khojali massacre. He added that Azerbaijan’s
Military Prosecutor’s Office has not yet concluded a criminal case on
Khojali massacre by now. Mollazadeh proposed Azerbaijani Parliament
to be a member of European criminal court and protect citizens’
rights violated by Armenians.

MP Zahid Oruj provided information about smuggling of several
Armenian-made products to Azerbaijan and stressed that serious measures
should be taken on such kind of cases.

After the discussion of the current issues, the Parliament conducted
discussions on draft referendum act on annexes and amendments to the
Constitution. MPs presented their proposals on the issue. Speaker
of the Parliament Ogtay Asadov underlined that 46 MPs would address
the Parliament related to the issue. The Speaker urged MPs to be
attentive. Asadov noted that, the issue was linked with proposed
annexes and amendments to the Article 29 of the Constitution but not
the prolongation of the presidential term.