On December 4, the Plenum of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan, held a public session.

At the court session was examined the request of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan of the dissolution of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the basis of Resolution of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan of December 2, 2019 “Appealing to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to call early elections to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan”. 

Having opened the session, Chairman of Constitutional Court Farhad Abdullayev announced the composition of the Plenary and informed about the issue put forward for discussion.

Head of the Department of Legislation and Legal Policy of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Gunduz Karimov attended the session as a representative of the party submitted inquiry, and the chairman of the committee of Milli Majlis on legal policy and state building Ali Huseynli, Chief of Staff of Milli Majlis Safa Mirzayev and Associate Professor of Constitutional Law of the Faculty of Law of Baku State University, Ph.D. in Law Nasib Shukurov represented the responding party.

Following the speeches, the members of Plenum of Constitutional Court moved to the advisory room, to decide on the agenda.

After the counsel the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Farhad Abdullayev read out the decision of the plenary session of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The decision states that the “Resolution of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan of December 2, 2019, “Appealing to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to call early elections to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan” shall be considered to be in conformity with part I of Article 981 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan.”

The dissolution, by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan based on Resolution of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan of December 2, 2019, “Appealing to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to call early elections to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan” shall be considered to be in conformity with part I of Article 981 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan.”

According to the decision, until the beginning of the activity of the next convocation of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the parliament – in its current composition – shall retain powers vested in it in accordance with Articles 111 and 112 and paragraphs 16 and 17 of part I of Article 95 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as fulfill its representative functions in international organizations.

The decision comes into force from the date of its publication, is final, and may not be cancelled, changed or officially interpreted by any institution or official.

The plenary session of Constitution Court was then announced closed.