International observers faced problems in the 2018 elections in Azerbaijan
International observers are informed of the legal problems that arose in connection with the early presidential elections in Azerbaijan.
Milana Gorenstein informed the heads and members of the observer missions, as well as the heads of international organizations (the headquarters of the CIS observer mission, PACE, OSCE / ODIHR, Venice Commission, etc.), invited to the April 11 elections, that they were not informed about the legal immorality taking place in the republic and involved in the international crime to seize power in Azerbaijan.
In particular, on February 8, 2018, Ms. Gorenshtein appealed to the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Zakir Garalov with a request to conduct a prosecutor's check, fire from the positions and bring to justice the workers of the Central Election Commission: the Chairman of the CEC of Azerbaijan Mazahir Panahov, the head of the legal department of the CEC of Azerbaijan Irada Hajiyev and the head of press service of the CEC Azer Saryev.
On March 8, 2018, Milana Gorenstein applied to the CEC for participation in the presidential election-2018.
On March 12, 2018, Milana Gorenstein filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan with a demand to remove Ilham Aliyev from participation in the presidential elections of 2018 and bring him to justice (Article 80 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan). Attached to the lawsuit were copies of materials sent earlier to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and materials of international criminal investigations.
None of the letters to the date of this news report (March 25, 2018) was considered, the candidacy of Milana Gorenshtein as a candidate for the President of the AR was not approved, nor were the reasons for the refusal announced. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has also been silent in relation to request from Ms. Gorenshtein for permission to visit Nagorno-Karabakh in connection with her professional activities as a lawyer and journalist.
Ignoring and concealing facts in the presidential elections are new crimes of state bodies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in which international observers were involved.
At present, observers have been invited lawyers to study the facts and accompanying documents set out in the application.
Milana Gorenstein, without being distracted by falsifications and legal cataclysms in Azerbaijan, will present her renewed political program in the coming days and begin to actively form the work team of the Party of Love.