Quote from final speech of Anar Mammadli: Obviously, allegations of investigators have no basis and there were no legal motivations to start this criminal case. Then the question is: why the political authorities ordered to start this case? Off course the main reason is that we – as an election watchdog exposed gross violations of Azerbaijani legislation and international election prinsiples during presidential elections of 2013. Thus the government decided to punish, discredit us and blackmail our international partners. I want to emphasize that the government is in denial of the fact that we carry out useful and important activity based on voluntary, patriotic will and democratic assembly of its citizens. Azerbaijani government thinks that our activity for election monitoring, accountability of elected officials and building informed citizenship, aware of state management is dictated by foreign powers. Azerbaijani authorities just show how far behind they have fallen from the national and political ideology, formed as early as in the beginning of 20th century. It seems to me, we have to remind again and again, that current Azerbaijan republic should not be a formal and lame hair of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, founded in 1918, but become a real, legal, political and moral cuccessor of ADR. Free and fair elections are essential to build the democratic, laique state with rule of law, the one that was dreamt by political thinkers Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Fatali Khan Khoyski, Topchibashev and Rasulzade. We are absolutely sure that it will be impossible to establish social justice, rule of law, respect to human rights and liberties, and off course, territorial integrity and national security unless the government is elected by free and fair elections.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 11:38:23 +0000
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