BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 15. Relations between
the Azerbaijani Parliament and the judiciary are characterized by
cooperation, with initiatives on judicial reforms frequently
discussed, refined, and approved in Parliament, said the Parliament
Speaker Sahiba Gafarova, Trend reports.
Speaking at a meeting with participants of an international
conference on “Relations Between the Judiciary and the Other Two
Branches of State,” held in Baku as part of the 67th General
Assembly of the International Association of Judges, Gafarova noted
that the current Parliament was formed following elections in
September 2024, which for the first time in Azerbaijan’s
independence era were held across all territories of the
country.
She recalled that 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s territory had been
under Armenian occupation for 30 years, but the 44-day Patriotic
War in autumn 2020 liberated Karabakh and East Zangazur, and
one-day anti-terror measures in September 2023 fully restored the
state’s sovereignty across the nation.
The Speaker added that representatives of 11 political parties
were elected to the unicameral Parliament.
“The majority of parliamentary seats belong to the leading
political force in society, the New Azerbaijan Party. 41 members
are independent, and 26 out of 125 parliamentarians are women,
showing an increase in female representation compared to previous
terms,” Gafarova emphasized.
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