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1. How to be?
Third Republican Platform's vision for overall governance
We believe that the modern state of Azerbaijan as the successor to the Azerbaijan People's Republic needs to switch to the model of classic parliamentary republic. For this purpose, a new constitution should be adopted. The philosophy of general government in the constitution should be counter-centralization (decentralization) by nature, the concept of "local self-government" should be reflected in the supreme law, the powers of elected local self-government bodies and locally appointed central government bodies should be clearly defined. The local representation of the central government should have the function of controlling the implementation of the legislation and its competence should be limited to tackling matters that go beyond the socio-economic framework.
The country’s administrative-territorial structure should be based on the provincial division (13, 14, 15, etc.), districts and townships should be subordinated to these provinces with the exception of large urban units. The provincial administration shall consist of the Provincial Assembly and Head of the Province formed through local elections. The central government shall appoint a representative to each province. The law enforcement and prosecutorial system in the provinces shall be shaped by the central government. The police force, responsible for ensuring public order in a province (with no authority to investigate and prosecute crimes), shall remain subordinate to the elected provincial administration.
A local self-government at the local level (both provincial and individual rural, urban and district levels) should have the main authority in solving problems related to the socio-economic sphere. According to the requirements of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, powers given to local authorities shall normally be full and exclusive, i.e. shall not be transferred to another authority in parallel. The necessary financial resources should be provided for the adequate exercise of each of the powers, with considerable portion of these resources to be formed from local taxes and the rest from central budget transfers.
A two-tier municipal system should be applied in local self-government. The first tier should be urban and rural municipalities, and the second tier should be provincial municipalities. Villages should be part of a rayon (district) municipality. (The model currently used in Georgia.) In this case, an active executive body of the district administration of the municipality shall be created for each rural settlement, a representative of each village shall be elected to the district municipality based on a quota, ensuring discussions on village problems and making the required budget available to the village in the district Municipal Council. The budget of rural municipalities shall be determined by the district Municipal Councils, while the budget of district municipalities by the provincial Municipal Council.
In areas with populations of less than 100,000 throughout the country, a district administrative-territorial unit shall not be created; such districts shall be merged. In addition, autonomous and unitary administrations of the municipality shall be created in each city of republican subordination.
Good Governance
Our Vision of Governance
Historical experience shows that the development of each society depends directly on the existence of a good governance system. The concept of good governance, found in the governance programs of political elites in the late 20th century, expresses the political, economic, social order in which there is representation, participation and control in public administration, effective civil society institutions, the rule of law and man-centeredness/ centralism in public administration, transparency, accountability, quality and ethical rules in political and economic management/governance.
According to the Third Republican Platform, good governance is a form of central and local government shaped through electoral democracy within the state based on the republican model, building its activities on the principles of transparency and accountability. This vision of governance, guided by respect for human rights, includes the rule of law, the independence of courts, free and fearless participation of citizens in social and political processes and the right of everyone to achieve prosperity.
Good governance means respecting human rights and the rule of law, strengthening democracy, promoting transparency and capacities in public administration.
This can be achieved through the following principles;
Transparency - Information shall be open, understandable and traceable.
Sensitivity - Governance shall serve all stakeholders.
In central government:
Representing the family affiliation in political leadership and the inadmissibility of commercial activities at the cost of state resources are the principle vision of our organization. We believe that nepotism in public administration, family representation in political leadership and illegal entrepreneurship formed at the expense of state resources are the biggest obstacles to the development of Azerbaijan.
In local self-government:
2. How is it right now?
What to change?
To change bad governance (current governance)
Azerbaijan is currently ruled by a strict authoritarian regime. In our country’s political, legal and economic system, we can see the main signs of bad governance on all criteria.
Manifestations of bad governance:
From this brief comparison, it can be seen that such governance does not create an opportunity to protect the civil, political and social rights of the people.
We want to change this situation!
3. How to change it?
In order to achieve good governance, a legal-political framework (model) shall be created, including the following mechanisms: