Today is the day of adoption of the main law of the Republic of Azerbaijan – the Constitution.
Oku.Az reports that the country’s Constitution was adopted 29 years ago, on November 12, 1995 through a national referendum.
This was the first Constitution of Azerbaijan after regaining its independence.
The first State Constitution of Azerbaijan was adopted on May 19, 1921 at the First Congress of the Soviets of Azerbaijan. The new edition of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, adapted to the Constitution of the USSR of 1921, was adopted on March 14, 1925 at the IV Congress of the Soviets of Azerbaijan. The last Constitution of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, adopted on April 21, 1978, was adapted to the Constitution of the USSR, but had certain peculiarities.
After the Republic of Azerbaijan regained its independence, serious work began on drafting the new Constitution. President in 1994 Heydar Aliyev Under the chairmanship of the Constitutional Commission, the project was submitted for public discussion in 1995. On November 12, 1995, the first Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan was adopted by national referendum.
The new Constitution of Azerbaijan consists of 5 sections, 12 chapters and 158 articles.
Amendments and modifications were made to the Constitution on August 24, 2002, March 18, 2009 and September 26, 2016 through referendum.
On February 6, 1996, by order of President Heydar Aliyev, November 12 was declared Constitution Day.
This year is the fourth time that Constitution Day is celebrated in the lands of Azerbaijan that were liberated from occupation. As of September 27, 2020, as a result of counteroffensive operations carried out by the Azerbaijani army, our lands, which for many years were under the rule of the enemy, were liberated.
Guarantee the provisions of the tripartite declaration of September 19, 2023, prevent large-scale provocations committed in the Karabakh economic region, disarm and withdraw units of the Armenian armed forces from our territories, neutralize their military infrastructure and return civilians to the liberated territories. of occupation, as well as restoring local nature in the region to ensure the safety of civil and military workers involved in construction works and restoring the constitutional structure of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Anti-terrorist measures have been initiated.
Within the framework of the actions that lasted just over 23 hours, front-line and deep positions and long-range firing points of the Armenian armed forces, as well as combat vehicles and military objects, were destroyed through the use of high precision weapons. arms. The enemy surrendered by raising a white flag. With this, constitutional order was restored in all territories of Azerbaijan.
