PACE to assess preparation for parliamentary election in Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept.18 By Anakhanum Khidayatova – Trend: A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Jordi Xuclà (Spain, ALDE), will carry out a pre-electoral visit to Baku on September 21-22, 2015, to assess the electoral framework and campaign prior to the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan on November 1, PACE said. The delegation is due to meet the Speaker of the Parliament, the leaders of parliamentary groups and parties represented in the Parliament as well as leaders of opposition parties not represented in the Parliament. Talks are also scheduled with the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE, the President of the Central Electoral Commission and representatives of NGOs and the media. The delegation will issue a written statement at the end of the pre-election visit. Franck Schwabe (Germany, SOC), Aleksandar Nikoloski (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, EPP/CD), Egemen Bagis (Turkey, EC), Agustín Conde (Spain, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Azerbaijan are also the members of the delegation. --- Follow the author on Twitter: @Anahanum Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az Follow us on Twitter @TRENDNewsAgency