Azerbaijan announced the timing of the presidential election a week earlier than expected.

What Minister Zheng wants to do, Su Cheng doesn't care, and no one cares.

There is still a lot of work ahead of the elections.

Aliyev held high the banner to explain that his governing program is only the first step, and balancing the forces at home is the second step, and balancing the forces abroad is the third step.

This is also the difference between elections in strong countries and elections in weak countries, and even more so the danger of democratically elected governments. For a country like Azerbaijan, which has a land area of just over 80,000 square kilometers and a population of less than 10 million, it is necessary to be cautious at all times.

At the end of 1993, Azerbaijan had weak military, economic, political, and diplomatic relations.

It turns out that Azerbaijan at this time could not beat even a small Armenia. If it weren't for the defeat in the war against Armenia, Elichbeyi would not have had to be in such a hurry to manage Husseinov, and there would have been no early presidential election.

None of the surrounding countries can defeat it, and Aliyev's policy is only to measure the material resources of the "fire country" and please the foreign powers.

Of course, the official narrative is a balanced, multifaceted, pragmatic foreign policy.

This is completely different from Erichbeyi's dedication to Turkey.

Aliyev, who is an old man, grovels to NATO's eastward expansion and smiles flatteringly at the resurgent Russian Federation......

No one can judge the good or bad of foreign policy until the consequences happen. In order to neutralize the domestic influence, Aliyev had to turn his head again. Once again, sweep away the new opposition in the country......

In addition, Azerbaijan, which is holding its first Western-style elections, has many details to do.

The first is to register voters. Of the nearly 10 million Azerbaijani citizens, there are about 5 million voters of working age, but only those who have registered before the specified time can vote on election day. And the process of registration is actually a process of review, from nationality to place of residence, from party affiliation to tax certificate. Inspections are indispensable, and there are relatively strict regulations. For example, the area where you vote must be your place of residence, and residents who change their place of residence will have trouble in the registration process. This, in turn, may cause trouble-feared residents not to register their voters.

This alone has a lot of tricks, or places for gambling.

There is no doubt that every candidate will always gain an advantage in some areas. For example, if Husseinov has been running the Ganja region for a long time, and his soldiers and officers are even willing to carry out a military coup for his position, then he will get a lot of votes in the Ganja region.

However, how many registered voters will end up in the Ganja district. But it directly affects whether Husseinov's greatest advantage can be brought into play.

Even in the United States, the benchmark of Western democracy, there are 2.3 billion voters of working age, and only 1.3 billion registered voters are registered, which means that as many as 100 million voters of working age are not registered. Or rather. It is one-third of the country's population, and one-half of the school-age voters, who are not registered at all.

Falling in Azerbaijan, if the percentage of school-age voters in the Ganja region is also so low. Husseinov had to vomit blood.

To increase the number of registered voters, you have to increase publicity. And help voters worry less.

Propaganda costs money, and it costs money to reduce trouble.

Where does the money come from?

Husseinov held military power, but his financial resources were pitiful. Of course, it is still possible to save money in the Ganja region by practicing economy, but what about other places?

Mamedov also has his own traditional territory, but his resources are even more pitiful, and he can only find ways to send unpaid people to do these things.

Aliyev is different, he now not only has the big benefactor of Sioux City, but also the Russian Federation, which has eased up, and only one Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, he can rely on more newspapers, more advertisements, more posters, more vetting officials, improving the efficiency of auditing, serving the voters in auditing, and raising tens of thousands of people.

That's at least a 1 percent advantage in terms of proportionality.

This is followed by the conversion process from registered voters to voting voters.

The time to vote is only one day, will the registered voters not go if they are lazy? The thousands of polling stations across the country are destined to queue up, so will the registered voters turn around and leave as soon as they see the vast flow of people? The polling stations are all set up in cities and other prosperous areas, so do voters living in villages have convenient means of transportation?

The well-established method of election in the Western world is arranged by the state in a unified manner. And in Azerbaijan, where did the Provisional Government have the money to arrange.

The end result is that whichever candidate has the money will be able to add more resources to his or her advantageous district.

At the same time, the resource itself can also increase the advantage of the constituency.

The delicate affairs challenge the nerves and financial resources of each candidate, and at the same time challenge the country.

As the time for the election approaches, things are getting more complicated.

The hired U.S. election manager has been suggesting to Aliyev to do political performance. Since Aliyev does not have a government title, his achievements can only be done in a roundabout way.

Sioux City naturally suggested doing a performance project. It's always easy to remember doing as many public facilities as possible in the city.

Aliyev was as good as he could, so it was another big expense.

This sum of money is spent on millions of dollars every day, which is not much less than when bribing officials, which is equivalent to transferring the funds for bribing officials to bribing the people.

Su Cheng read the report once a week, and he also read it out loud, and said to Wang Guan, who was doing translation: "No wonder Americans can spend hundreds of billions of dollars on running for president, and a small Azerbaijan will spend so much, and in another five years, when Aliyev runs again, the amount of funds will increase." ”

Wang Guan thought about it for a long time, and he didn't remember that the U.S. presidential campaign cost so much money, but Sioux City remembered it wrongly, and then said cooperatively: "The Western political system is really a money system, it seems that everyone can run for president, so look at it, no money, let alone the president." You can't run for a county magistrate. ”

"To run for president, you have to let people know you first, which is much more expensive than winning a star. Su Cheng smiled, closed the report, and said, "Are the manpower ready?"

"50,000 people were hired, and Azerbaijan was asked to send management, almost. Wang Guan is talking about campaign volunteers during the general election.

In Europe and the United States, most of the campaign volunteers are teenagers who are interested in politics, but not in Azerbaijan. You can only pay to hire it.

There will be more than 4,000 polling stations in Afghanistan, and 50,000 people will be allocated, and only about 10 people will be allocated to each polling place.

These campaign volunteers. Not only do we have to find ways to solve problems on the ground, but we also have to transport and serve voters as much as possible. Of course, the people sent by Aliyev will definitely promote Aliyev, and they will focus on those who choose Aliyev.

These are all things that violate the rules of the campaign, but Sioux City is becoming more and more familiar with it. It's also inconvenient for Aliyev to start directly, otherwise where would he need help.

In fact, the 50,000 people hired were all selected by Aliyev. Sioux City is the character of the flag-puller.

However, there were no flag-pullers on it. It's also hard to deal with it.

It was so busy until the end of the month, a few days before the general election, that observers from various countries were also dispatched.

Azerbaijan is the most important country in the Caspian oil region, and has a Soviet-era oil base such as Baku. It can be said that as long as the political system is smooth. When the war is over, a steady stream of oil will be produced.

Countries are naturally concerned about who produces the oil.

Oil companies such as BP, in addition to sending important officials to inspect the company, usually drive domestic politicians over like Luhua chickens to talk about the project.

Politicians in the United States are even less valuable, and one by one the governors and senators come to Azerbaijan as lobbyists in the name of official inspections.

At the same time, 150,000 international observers hired by the United Nations also came to Azerbaijan.

In order to take root in the Western electoral system, Western countries have also struggled.

These observers, who do not hide their identities, are usually in teams of two, working with three times their own domestic observers in Azerbaijan to observe and document the entire election process.

They will have a judgment on whether the election is fraudulent or fair, and finally submit a report to the United Nations.

Naturally, the United Nations cannot directly interfere in a country's presidential election, but it is extremely annoying to keep talking about it.

So, even if it is a show, Azerbaijan will do it very seriously. Moreover, Aliyev is far from the time to take the presidency.

On the morning of the 8th.

Excited U.S. Interim Representative Henkel invited a vote of foreigners to face the presidential election in Azerbaijan.

Su Cheng, Han Chenghang and Minister Zheng were all in the invitation sequence, and they also formed a large observation team, like locusts, set off from Baku early and traveled around.

The polling places in the city of Baku are naturally excellent.

The place was completely modeled after the style used in Russia, and imported ballot boxes and ballot writing rooms were bought, and the outside of the house was cleaned. Those who come to vote must first provide a valid ID and have the staff check that they are correct, then collect their ballot papers, and then fill out their ballot papers in a separate ballot room.

From the outside, the process is clean and tidy, and there are no problems.

Henkel nodded with satisfaction for a moment and said: "If this is the case, it can indeed be promoted as a model for Central Asia. ”

The people around him echoed and were all in good spirits.

Sioux City is indispensable to follow.

Minister Zheng was not happy to see it, and took the opportunity to change the car and sat next to Su Cheng, also wanting to probe the tone, pretending to be sarcastic, and said: "With such an election, I don't believe you can manipulate the election." Husseinov is afraid that it is even more powerful. ”

With Husseinov's military powers, it seems easier to rig elections.

It was also the election that was too important, and Minister Zheng really couldn't hold it back, so he wanted to get some news.

Su Cheng just smiled back and said, "Look again." ”

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