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AZERBAIJANI EXPERT: FOR RUSSIA, AZERBAIJAN IS AN IMPORTANT, NON-DEMOCRATIC AND CORRUPTED COUNTRY
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Wednesday, October 16, 16:34
Azerbaijan has very much important key geo-political potential to
conduct the balanced policy in the region. Sometimes this helps
Ilham Aliyev to well maneuver between the superpowers, the head
of the Centre for Monitoring of Election and Teaching Democracy,
Anar Mamedli, said at the on-line interview when replying to Arminfo
correspondent's question about negative assessment of the presidential
election in Azerbaijan.
"We have to strictly distinguish between the geo-political interests
of Russia and the Western countries. For Russia, Azerbaijan is an
important, non-democratic and corrupted country. In such conditions
it is very much easy to push the policy of the Baku government. But
the Western countries, which prefer to take Azerbaijan as a country
of oil and gas transit, ignore human rights abuse. Unfortunately,
for his part, Aliyev uses these relations very well", - he emphasized.
Asked if the Azerbaijani society links any expectations with a new/old
president, Mamedli replied that the level of the true voting turnout
showed that activeness of voters in Azerbaijan reduced very much. The
true voting turnout was 30-40%. "First, it is linked with distrust
in the electoral process as a functional democratic institution.
Secondly, this is evidence of the fact that the people in the country
have no expectations from Aliyev's government and the policy conducted
by him", - Mamedli concluded.
To note, 84,55% of voters voted for Aliyev during the presidential
election in Azerbaijan on 9 October. The voters turnout was more
than 72%.
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Wednesday, October 16, 16:34
Azerbaijan has very much important key geo-political potential to
conduct the balanced policy in the region. Sometimes this helps
Ilham Aliyev to well maneuver between the superpowers, the head
of the Centre for Monitoring of Election and Teaching Democracy,
Anar Mamedli, said at the on-line interview when replying to Arminfo
correspondent's question about negative assessment of the presidential
election in Azerbaijan.
"We have to strictly distinguish between the geo-political interests
of Russia and the Western countries. For Russia, Azerbaijan is an
important, non-democratic and corrupted country. In such conditions
it is very much easy to push the policy of the Baku government. But
the Western countries, which prefer to take Azerbaijan as a country
of oil and gas transit, ignore human rights abuse. Unfortunately,
for his part, Aliyev uses these relations very well", - he emphasized.
Asked if the Azerbaijani society links any expectations with a new/old
president, Mamedli replied that the level of the true voting turnout
showed that activeness of voters in Azerbaijan reduced very much. The
true voting turnout was 30-40%. "First, it is linked with distrust
in the electoral process as a functional democratic institution.
Secondly, this is evidence of the fact that the people in the country
have no expectations from Aliyev's government and the policy conducted
by him", - Mamedli concluded.
To note, 84,55% of voters voted for Aliyev during the presidential
election in Azerbaijan on 9 October. The voters turnout was more
than 72%.