Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev was inaugurated for a report fifth time period on Wednesday after securing a landslide election victory final week.
Farhad Abdullayev, the pinnacle of Azerbaijan’s Constitutional Court, invited Aliyev to take the oath of workplace within the National Assembly after the court docket formally confirmed his victory in final week’s snap polls, Azerbaijan’s presidency mentioned in a press release.
The assertion mentioned Aliyev took the oath by putting his hand on the nation’s Constitution, swearing to abide by it whereas executing his powers, in addition to to “protect the state’s independence and territorial integrity, and serve the people with dignity.”
Aliyev then positioned his hand on the Quran, the Islamic holy guide, indicating that he’ll “remain loyal to and respect national and moral values and traditions that have been created by the people of Azerbaijan for centuries.”
Azerbaijan is formally a secular state with a Muslim-majority inhabitants.
Aliyev gained the fifth time period final week within the snap presidential elections, receiving over 93% of the votes.
Aliyev’s closest competitor, impartial candidate Zahid Oruj, obtained a mere 1.8%.
Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission later declared that 4.97 million folks participated within the election, which implies a 76.73% voter turnout.
About 6.5 million residents have been eligible to vote, together with these based mostly overseas.
Source: www.dailysabah.com