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FAHREDINA ABOSZODA: ILHAM ALIYEV WAS BORN A WEAK CHILD
17:22 20/02/2013 " SOCIETY
"In Azerbaijan, only few know that Ilham [Aliyev] was born as a child
with physical weaknesses, and it took a long time to treat him and
to put him on his feet. His whole life he spent without a hitch. At
school he was not special in anything. It remains a mystery for many
people whether he went to school at all," the article published on
the website of IA "REX" by Fahreddin Aboszoda says.
In 1993 Heydar Aliyev became President of Azerbaijan and appointed
his son, Ilham Aliyev, the Vice-President of the State Oil Company of
the Republic. Before his death, Heydar Aliyev in some miraculous way
managed to nominate Ilham Aliyev as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan,
which allowed him to become acting President after his father's death.
Thus, in October 2003 he became president of Azerbaijan.
During the first years of his presidency, Aliyev tried to present
himself in a best way, and positioned himself as a liberal-reformer.
He promised the people to carry out radical reforms in the economy
and the social spheres and to modernize the system of government in
the country. But as it was expected, his promises remained only on
paper, the article says.
Instead, according to Baku analyst Zafar Guliyev, during the presidency
of Ilham Aliyev pseudo-democratic regime in Azerbaijan was transformed
into authoritarian police regime, togather with the executive power and
by fully eaten up legislative and judicial authorities, with mobilized
and shadowed economy gravitating to the primitive personality cult
and to the totalitarian Soviet practice.
"Not the power of law are characteristic to such a regime but the
law of power, not the dictatorship of the law, but the law of the
dictatorship, not the interests of the person but the personal
interests," analyst says.
The author notes that within 10 years of ruling of Ilham Aliyev,
the clan, founded by Heydar Aliyev's efforts, was split into warring
factions, which no longer obeyed Ilham Aliyev as soon as they replenish
their wealth. One of the strongest clans of that time was "Pashayevs'
" which consisted of relatives of Ilham Aliyev's wife - Mehriban
Aliyeva. Using Ilham's weakness, these groups clearly divided the
country into areas of influences, which includes a number of regions,
the heads of which are close relatives or particularly close fellows
of the owner of this group," the article says.
"During two presidential terms Ilham Aliyev almost didn't keep any
of his promises given to people. Country was in corruption up to ears.
The main corruptionist, according to a number of influential
organizations, became the president himself," the article says.
The author notes that the world knows quite well in what condition the
economy and the social sphere in Azerbaijan are. "All this could not
last forever. The stormy protests in various parts of the country,
by which the beginning of 2013 became so remarkable, are the bright
confirmation of it. Now Aliyev is in panic. He tries to carry out
some cosmetic measures to save his government somehow. Recently,
he released the leaders of some regions," the author writes.
Aboszoda notes that, by the recognition of most analysts of Baku,
Aliyev is not going to change the system itself, and actually it is
too late to do that; people are not going to bear this government
anymore as the latter is completely exhausted.
Touching upon the results in Ilham Aliyev's foreign policy the author
notes that unlike his father, President Aliyev has done everything
possible to spoil relations with everyone during the recent years.
Aliyev carries out an openly hostile policy towards its neighbors
Russia and Iran. By the overthrow of Saakashvili's party in Georgia
Aliyev lost his last ally in the region. Turkey is displeased by
Aliyev's support shown towards the Kurdish rebels and the disgraced
Turkish generals.
The author notes that petrodollars allowed Ilham Aliyev's team to
bribe many politicians and journalists in the West, who upheld his
policy. But this came to its end too. Numerous publications in the
Western media over the last years, statements of many politicians,
in which Ilham Aliyev is accused in all spheres, clearly show that
the West is not going to continue to tolerate Aliyev's authoritarian
regime. "National uprisings that started earlier this year in
Azerbaijan, in some sense, meant "the social end" of Ilham Aliyev's
power," Fahredina Aboszoda sums up.
Source: Panorama.am
17:22 20/02/2013 " SOCIETY
"In Azerbaijan, only few know that Ilham [Aliyev] was born as a child
with physical weaknesses, and it took a long time to treat him and
to put him on his feet. His whole life he spent without a hitch. At
school he was not special in anything. It remains a mystery for many
people whether he went to school at all," the article published on
the website of IA "REX" by Fahreddin Aboszoda says.
In 1993 Heydar Aliyev became President of Azerbaijan and appointed
his son, Ilham Aliyev, the Vice-President of the State Oil Company of
the Republic. Before his death, Heydar Aliyev in some miraculous way
managed to nominate Ilham Aliyev as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan,
which allowed him to become acting President after his father's death.
Thus, in October 2003 he became president of Azerbaijan.
During the first years of his presidency, Aliyev tried to present
himself in a best way, and positioned himself as a liberal-reformer.
He promised the people to carry out radical reforms in the economy
and the social spheres and to modernize the system of government in
the country. But as it was expected, his promises remained only on
paper, the article says.
Instead, according to Baku analyst Zafar Guliyev, during the presidency
of Ilham Aliyev pseudo-democratic regime in Azerbaijan was transformed
into authoritarian police regime, togather with the executive power and
by fully eaten up legislative and judicial authorities, with mobilized
and shadowed economy gravitating to the primitive personality cult
and to the totalitarian Soviet practice.
"Not the power of law are characteristic to such a regime but the
law of power, not the dictatorship of the law, but the law of the
dictatorship, not the interests of the person but the personal
interests," analyst says.
The author notes that within 10 years of ruling of Ilham Aliyev,
the clan, founded by Heydar Aliyev's efforts, was split into warring
factions, which no longer obeyed Ilham Aliyev as soon as they replenish
their wealth. One of the strongest clans of that time was "Pashayevs'
" which consisted of relatives of Ilham Aliyev's wife - Mehriban
Aliyeva. Using Ilham's weakness, these groups clearly divided the
country into areas of influences, which includes a number of regions,
the heads of which are close relatives or particularly close fellows
of the owner of this group," the article says.
"During two presidential terms Ilham Aliyev almost didn't keep any
of his promises given to people. Country was in corruption up to ears.
The main corruptionist, according to a number of influential
organizations, became the president himself," the article says.
The author notes that the world knows quite well in what condition the
economy and the social sphere in Azerbaijan are. "All this could not
last forever. The stormy protests in various parts of the country,
by which the beginning of 2013 became so remarkable, are the bright
confirmation of it. Now Aliyev is in panic. He tries to carry out
some cosmetic measures to save his government somehow. Recently,
he released the leaders of some regions," the author writes.
Aboszoda notes that, by the recognition of most analysts of Baku,
Aliyev is not going to change the system itself, and actually it is
too late to do that; people are not going to bear this government
anymore as the latter is completely exhausted.
Touching upon the results in Ilham Aliyev's foreign policy the author
notes that unlike his father, President Aliyev has done everything
possible to spoil relations with everyone during the recent years.
Aliyev carries out an openly hostile policy towards its neighbors
Russia and Iran. By the overthrow of Saakashvili's party in Georgia
Aliyev lost his last ally in the region. Turkey is displeased by
Aliyev's support shown towards the Kurdish rebels and the disgraced
Turkish generals.
The author notes that petrodollars allowed Ilham Aliyev's team to
bribe many politicians and journalists in the West, who upheld his
policy. But this came to its end too. Numerous publications in the
Western media over the last years, statements of many politicians,
in which Ilham Aliyev is accused in all spheres, clearly show that
the West is not going to continue to tolerate Aliyev's authoritarian
regime. "National uprisings that started earlier this year in
Azerbaijan, in some sense, meant "the social end" of Ilham Aliyev's
power," Fahredina Aboszoda sums up.
Source: Panorama.am