A constitutional referendum was held in

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on 24 August 2002. The referendum was initiated by the authoritarian Heydar Aliyev regime. Voters were asked eight separate questions, all of which were approved with at least 96% voting in favour. The referendum was marred by

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Background

On 22 June 2002 President

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Aze ...

proposed 39 amendments to 23 articles of the

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. In accordance with articles 3 and 152, the amendments required a referendum to take place, with a turnout at least 50%.Azerbaijan, 24 August 2002: Changes in terms of joining the European Council
Direct Democracy The proposal was approved by the Constitutional Court on 21 June. On 24 July the Central Election Commission ruled that the 39 amendments would be covered by eight separate questions, despite demands from the opposition that each amendment be voted on separately. On 30 August the commission made a ruling that absolute voting figures would not be published, only the percentages. On 29 July the

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voted by 94 to 5 to adopt the amendments.

Proposals

Results

References

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