Azerbaijan, Baku, 12 May / corr. Trend I. Alizade/ It is planned not to set up pollng staions in the military units of Azerbaijan in line with the ammendments and additions made to the Election Code. "According to changes, the armed forces personnel can vote in the nearby polling station. If there is no polling station near the military unit or if it is difficult to reach polling station, only then the polling stations will be set up in the military units," Safa Mirzayev, the head of administration of Milli Majlis (Azerbaijani parliament) said in his exclusive interview with Trend .
The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held on 15 October. A new draft on improving the Election Code has been developed as a result of the discussions between the Azerbaijani government and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and draft of the Bill has already been submitted to the Parliament.
According to previous Election Code, the military personnel could only vote in the military units. The number of the voters was not divulged as it was considered a military secret. The international organizations and Azerbaijani opposition demanded to change the procedure of voting for the military personnel.
"The names of voters from the military units and civil persons will be included in the same list. Polling stations will not be set up in Baku," he said.
According to Mirzayev, the polling stations will be set up in the military units located in the front line.
Those registered as observers will observe vote the military units in line with the other amendment, he said.
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