Azerbaijan: Predictable Election
Herron Family News reports on a return visit to Azerbaijan to review preparations for next week’s presidential election. The blog notes that the country’s Central Electoral Commission has authorized the installation of web cams in polling stations so that voting can be monitored online. However, the blog says, the outcome of the vote appears to already be known.
In Azerbaijan, no threatening storm draws near. Aside from a few campaign posters of President Ilham Aliyev displayed in store windows, there is no evidence that the presidential election is less than one week away. The major opposition parties are boycotting the election and the results are entirely predictable: President Aliyev will be re-elected.
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The major unanswered question for this election is whether or not voters will come to the polls.
- Published:
- 10.10.08 / 1pm by Onnik
- Category:
- Azerbaijan, Blogs, Democracy, News Briefs, Opinion, Voting
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