Parliament budges on presidency extension

Speaker of the Milli Majlis Murtuz Alasgarov told a parliamentary meeting Tuesday that the parliament wouldn't consider the extension of the President's term in office. In a telephone conversation with the Azeri speaker, President Aliyev thanked the MPs for the initiative, saying "there is no need amending the Constitution", M. Alasgarov said.

Azeri parliamentarians were planning to review the prolongation of the

President's tenure from 5 to 7 years.*