BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 10. Ilham Aliyev
emerges victor of the presidential election in Azerbaijan, declares
Belarus At present newspaper, Development reviews.
”The early presidential election in Azerbaijan was held on
Wednesday. Greater than six million individuals voted in 6,537 voting
locations. Seven individuals ran for the highest authorities place. On the
morning of February 8, after processing 93.35 % of the
ballots by the Central Election Fee of Azerbaijan, the
current head of state, Ilham Aliyev leads with 92.05 % of the
votes,” the article says.
The writer of the article remembers that in an interview with
native TV channels in January, President Ilham Aliyev spoke in
element concerning the causes for the change of election date, which was
initially purported to be held subsequent yr.
“The primary motive is, in fact, the start of a brand new period,
which the presidential election will bless,” he mentioned.
President Ilham Aliyev said that because the presidential
election is a very powerful election in comparison with all different
elections, he thought of that the primary election to be held
all through the republic ought to be the presidential election.
“As well as, final October marked 20 years because the Azerbaijani
individuals first entrusted their destiny to President Ilham Aliyev. So the
previous election grew to become a form of plebiscite of belief, during which the
proper of the present chief to proceed to control the nation was
efficiently confirmed.
Observers from completely different nations famous that the elections
all through Azerbaijan have been organized impeccably, and voters confirmed
excessive civic consciousness. The overall director of the Russian
Caspian Institute for Strategic Research, Igor Korotchenko, mentioned
that such a turnout has by no means been noticed in elections in EU
nations.
Not one of the so-called democratic nations within the European
Union, together with France, can boast of such a voter turnout as in
Azerbaijan. That is an indicator of the maturity of Azerbaijani
civil society and the excessive accountability of voters to make sure that
their vote and their contribution actually decide the way forward for
the nation,” the article notes.
The article says that the really democratic nature of the
election was emphasised by the worldwide observer, Deputy
Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the Nationwide Meeting of
Belarus, Valery Belsky:
As worldwide observers, we visited two polling stations
positioned in Karabakh, the place lively voting was additionally noticed. We observe
the excessive exercise of voters, the transparency of the voting
course of, and the friendliness and solemnity of all procedures.
Azerbaijan is among the leaders in democratic processes.
“The triumph of President Ilham Aliyev is an anticipated occasion. The
stage of belief within the present president in Azerbaijan may be very excessive.
There are a number of causes for this,” the article says.
The writer emphasizes that, firstly, the present head of state
has made Azerbaijan one of many regional leaders over the previous 20
years.
“Shut relations with Türkiye have been established, largely due
to friendship with the Turkish President. The Azerbaijani military has
develop into a robust army organism that may carry out a variety
of duties.
Secondly, the financial state of affairs has improved, and financial
progress is pushed not solely by the sale of gasoline, oil, and petroleum
merchandise but additionally by the creation of native manufacturing amenities.
Because of the steadiness of the interior political state of affairs and the
rational method of the nation’s authorities to its financial
growth, Azerbaijan has develop into a fascinating platform for
buyers,” the article says.
The article notes that talking concerning the causes for Ilham
Aliyev’s victory within the presidential election, one can’t ignore
one other extraordinarily essential reality for Azerbaijanis: reunification
with Karabakh.
“For 3 many years, the Karabakh drawback was a sore level. In
the top, it was President Ilham Aliyev who managed to revive
justice, which raised his already excessive score to the skies. It’s
symbolic that President Ilham Aliyev solid his vote within the election
in Khankendi at one of many polling stations opened in returned
lands. The Azerbaijani chief has a variety of work forward. In his new
time period, he should lastly resolve the problem of relations with
Yerevan by concluding a peace treaty that can put an finish to the
lengthy confrontation.
As well as, the West is more and more listening to the
South Caucasus. Essentially the most lively is France, which has already begun
sending weapons to Armenia. Paris, clearly, is pursuing two objectives
directly: to disrupt ties between Yerevan and Moscow and, on the
identical time, create a brand new level of rigidity for Baku, forcing it to
waste vitality to manage the state of affairs. Nevertheless, bearing in mind
the worldwide assist for Azerbaijan, the military-technical
energy of the nation, in addition to the truth that the Azerbaijanis
rallied much more after the decision of the Karabakh problem, we
can say that Western provocations are unlikely to have any
success,” the article says.