Today two Deputies of the Chairman were elected at the first meeting of the newly elected Executive Board of the Press Council of Azerbaijan. According to Council’s chairman Aflatun Amashov’s presentation, Umud Rahimoglu, Chairman of the International Eurasia Press Fund and Mushfiq Alaskerli were elected deputies of the chairman representing journalists and the public respectively. Although M. Alaskerli was elected unanimously, Council member Vusala Mahirqizi, director of APA abstained in voting for Umud Rahimoglu.
Commissions of the Press Council were established and Heads of Commissions were selected. Based on the information released by “Mediaforum”, Mehman Aliyev, Director of “Turan” Information Agency; Kamal Abdulla, Rector of Baku Slavic University; Bakhtiyar Sadiqov, Member of Milli Mejlis and Editor-in-Chief of “Azerbaycan” Newspaper; Mushfiq Alaskerli, Chairman of the Journalists’ Trade Union; Umud Rahimoglu, Chairman of the IEPF; and Vuqar Safarli, Chairman of “Azermetbuatyayim” were selected respectively heads of commissions on Economics, Education, Language, Social, Regional and Regular issues.
Members of the Complaints Commission with 6 persons were defined in the meeting. As the Deputy of the Press Council, Umud Rahimoglu will lead this Commission. Other members of the Commission are Bakhtiyar Sadiqov, Vusala Mahirqizi, Tapdiq Abbas, Jamil Hasanli, Haji Sabir Hasanli, Kamal Abdulla. It was decided that each year one of the Deputy Chairmen will lead the Commission by rotation.
Mubariz Zeynalli was selected the Chairperson of the Control Inspection Commission of the Press Council that was established during the 5th Congress of the Azerbaijan Journalists.
Source: “Mediaforum”, Translated into English by Fariza Shahbazova of IEPF