51 See the 2022 Legal Analysis On the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “Law on Media” commissioned by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the 2022 Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General for Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe on the Law On Media. [...] 58 However, the title and end sequence of the ARB TV daily newscasts also highlighted the role of the military and the President in the restoration of the country’s territorial integrity. [...] Important numerical cross checks were not performed, as the signatures on the voter lists were not counted in almost half (52) of the observations, nor did the PECs determine the number of signed requests for mobile voting in 37 out of 107 observations, which prevented the correct reconciliation of the number of ballots found in the boxes with the number of voters who signed the voter lists. [...] The final assessment of the election will depend, in part, on the conduct of the remaining stages of the electoral process, including the count, tabulation and announcement of results, and the handling of possible post-election day complaints or appeals. [...] The observers wish to thank the authorities for their invitation to observe the elections, and the Central Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the assistance.
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