Azerbaijani Constitutional Court approves draft amendments to constitution

The Azerbaijani Constitutional Court approved the draft amendments to the country’s constitution today.

The court concluded that the amendments to the Azerbaijani constitution proposed by the country’s President Ilham Aliyev comply with the requirements of the country’s constitution.

“The court concluded that the proposed amendments do not contradict the Azerbaijani constitution and may be put for public vote,” Trend cited the chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court, Farhad Abdullayev, as saying.

Azerbaijani President has signed a decree on July 18 on submitting the draft Referendum Act "On Amendments to the Constitution of Azerbaijan” to the Constitutional Court.