
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will be able to hold the post of chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan party indefinitely after amendments are made to the organization's charter, abolishing term limits.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will lead his New Azerbaijan party indefinitely. This was stated by Member of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the country Nizami Safarov, Minval reports in his Telegram channel.
“The rule on the five-year term of office of the chairman and his subsequent re-election by the Congress is excluded from the [party] Charter (...),” the parliamentarian said.
Therefore, Aliyev, as the current leader of the party, will be able to be re-elected for an unlimited number of terms.

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