CIS parliamentary Assembly began to organize an observation group on the proposal of Azerbaijani parliament to observe the preparation and voting process of the presidential election in Azerbaijan. Press service of the Azerbaijani parliament told APA the group would join the CIS observation mission organized by the CIS Executive Committee. According to the decision by the council chairman of CIS PA Sergei Mironov, deputy chairman of the Russian Council of Federation Svetlana Orlova was appointed a coordinator of the CIS PA observation group.
CIS Parliamentary Assembly established an expert group on the basis of CIS PA International Monitoring Institute for the development of democracy, parliamentary system and citizens’ right to vote in its headquarters in St. Petersburg on August 1, 2008 to analyze conformity of the legislative basis of presidential elections in Azerbaijan with the international standards, activity of the election bodies, preparations for the elections.
Baku Office of the CIS PA International Monitoring Institute for the development of democracy, parliamentary system and citizens’ right to vote will support them in long-term observation mission. 6 independent experts began their activity in Gandja, Lankaran and Guba to provide the CIS PA group with the information.
The CIS PA International Monitoring Institute’s director Galdyev told Baku Office that the group would be ready later September. /APA/