District election commissions set up in liberated territories of Azerbaijan

District election commissions have already been established in the territories liberated from Armenian occupation, said Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan Mazahir Panahov, Trend reports. Panahov noted that the election commissions are fully set and ready to be operational for the upcoming presidential election in Azerbaijan. A total of 17 candidates have been registered to run in the extraordinary presidential election in Azerbaijan, said Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan Mazahir Panahov. The CEC has already received the necessary papers from 7 of them. Panahov noted that the candidacies of three of them have already been approved. "The documents of four people will be considered at the CEC meetings in the coming days. These documents should be checked according to the sequence that should be observed," Panahov added. On December 7, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on holding an extraordinary presidential elec tion in the country on February 7, 2024. Source: TREND News Agency