Introduction

After careful scrutiny, I defined twenty elements proving that the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission (hereafter VC) preliminary opinion (hereafter PO) is not impartial in its approach towards towards Azerbaijan.

“Opinion Way” Market Research company in France  made a survey among people in order to appreciate pre-referendum environment in the country.

During the survey, face-to-face interviews were done  with 1200 respondents , who were chosen randomly and  interviews covered whole territory of Azerbaijan.

Survey form, which was consisted of 3 blocks and 12 questions, was used for investigation and these questions were prepared to investigate social-demographic indicators of respondents, their opinions on current political-economic environment in the country and attitutude to the issues put in the upcoming referendum.

During the survey, 82% of respondents said that they were pleased about functioning of political system in the Republic of Azerbaijan and 93% of them think that it works well in Azerbaijan.

96% of respondents told that President Ilham Aliyev does his job very well.

Respondents, who think that there are some problems in our republic,  appreciated Azerbaijani- Armenian  Nagorno Karabakh conflict (77%) and  economic challange (41%) as the most problematic issues for country.

81% of the respondents said that they would attend the Referendum, which would take place on September 26. Only 5% of the respondents are confused about their final decision on participation in the voting.

87% of the whole respondents noted that proposed  additions and modifications to Constitution were inevitable.  According to 88% of the respondents, any proposed additions and modifications to the Constitution will affect positively to development of proper fields. Especially, respondents think that proposals related to security and defence, human rights and constitutional guarantee will stimulate development of these fields.

15 September 2016, ninety-eight years pass since the liberation of Baku from the bolshevik-dashnak occupation.

On September 15, 1918, the Caucasian Islamic Army led by Nuru Pasha and the Azerbaijani body released Baku from bolshevik-dashnak occupation, securing the independence of Azerbaijan and putting an end to the occupation of Baku and surrounding areas by the Armenians and Bolsheviks.

Dear fellow countrymen!

I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you and all our fellow countrymen living in different parts of the world on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, and wish each of you good health, family happiness and success in your works.

Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (ACSDA) is conducting a long-term observation for the upcoming 26 September referendum in the country.

A Trilateral Summit of the heads of state of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia has been held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin made speeches at the summit.

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