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The time for the presidential election announced by Azerbaijan was indeed a week earlier than expected.

What Minister Zheng thinks and does, Su Cheng doesn't care, and no one cares.

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

Aliyev held high the banner, explaining that his ruling program is only the first step, balancing domestic forces is the second step, and balancing foreign forces is the third step.

This is also the difference between elections in strong countries and elections in weak countries, and it is even more dangerous for democratically elected governments.For a country like Azerbaijan with a land area of ​​just over 8 square kilometers and a population of less than 1000 million, we must always be cautious.

At the end of 1993, Azerbaijan had weak military power, weak economic power, weak political power, and weak diplomatic relations. It was really difficult to survive without kneeling down and begging the surrounding countries.

Facts have proved that Azerbaijan at this time can't even beat a small Armenia.If it weren't for the defeat in the war against Armenia, Elic Beyben wouldn't have to deal with Husseinov in such a hurry, and there would be no such round of early presidential elections.

None of the surrounding countries can beat it. Aliyev's policy is to measure the material strength of the "Fire Nation" and please the big powers.

The official line, of course, is a balanced, multifaceted, pragmatic foreign policy.

This is completely different from Elchibey's wholehearted refuge in Turkey.

The old-fashioned Aliyev bowed to NATO's eastward expansion, while showing a flattering smile to the revived Russian Federation. The former big brother Turkey was not offended. By the way, he also agreed to discuss the issue of the Naka region later and give it to Central Asia. It is a big face to mediate among the countries...

In foreign policy, no one can judge good or bad before the consequences happen.In order to eliminate domestic influence, Aliyev has to turn around again.Once again, the new opposition in the country was wiped out...

In addition, Azerbaijan, which is holding Western-style elections for the first time, still has many details to do.

The first is to register to vote.There are nearly 500 million Azerbaijani citizens, and there are about [-] million eligible voters, but only voters who have registered before the specified time can vote on the general election day.The registration process is actually a review process, from nationality to residence, from party affiliation to tax payment certificate.Inspections are indispensable, and there are relatively strict regulations.For example, the voting area must be the place of residence, and residents who change their residence will encounter trouble in the registration process.This in turn may cause residents who are afraid of trouble to register to vote.

Just for this item, there are many tricks, or games.

There is no question that each candidate will always gain some ground.For example, Husseinov has been running the Ganja region for a long time, and his soldiers and officers are even willing to launch a military coup for his power, so the votes he can get in the Ganja region must be indispensable.

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

Even the United States, the benchmark of Western democracy, has 2.3 million eligible voters, but only 1.3 million registered voters, which means there are as many as 1 million unregistered voters.Or.One-third of the country's population and one-half of the eligible voters do not register at all.

Falling on Azerbaijan, if the proportion of registered voters of the right age in Ganja region is also this low.Husseinov had to vomit blood at a loss.

To increase the number of registered voters, you have to increase advocacy.And help voters have less trouble.

Publicity costs money, and reducing trouble costs money.

Where does the money come from?

Husseinov holds the military power, but his financial resources are pitiful.Of course, strict savings can still save costs in the Ganja area, 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 personnel to do these things.

Aliyev is different. Now he not only has Sioux City as a big benefactor, but also the Russian Federation, which has recovered from his strength. With just one Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, he can rely on more newspapers, more advertisements, and more newspapers. Propaganda posters, increase the number of review officials, improve the efficiency of review, serve the voters in review, and raise tens of thousands of people.

Proportionally speaking, this is at least a 1 percent advantage.

Then there is the process of transforming registered voters into voting voters.

There is only one day to vote, will registered voters just get lazy and stop going?Thousands of polling places across the country are destined to queue up, so will registered voters turn away as soon as they see the crowds?Polling stations are all set up in prosperous areas such as cities. Do voters living in villages have convenient means of transportation?

The mature election method in the Western world is arranged uniformly by the state.In Azerbaijan, where does the interim government have money to arrange.

The final result is that whichever candidate has the money will be able to add more resources to his dominant constituency.

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

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

As election time approached, matters became more complicated.

The hired U.S. election manager has been suggesting to Aliyev to make political achievements.Since Aliyev does not have a government title, his political achievements can only be made around the bush.

Sioux City naturally suggested doing political performance projects.It's always easy to remember to do something public in as many cities as possible.

Aliyev is a good follower, so it is another big expense.

This sum of money is spent every day in the millions, which is not much less than when bribing officials. It is tantamount to diverting the funds from bribing officials to bribing the people.

Su Cheng read the report once a week, and he tsk-tsk aloud. He said to Wang Guan, who was acting as an interpreter, "No wonder Americans can spend hundreds of billions of dollars to run for president. A small Azerbaijan will spend so much. In five years, Ali When Yev re-elects, the amount of funds will probably increase."

Wang Guanming thought hard, and didn't remember that the US presidential election cost so much money. He only thought that Sioux City had misremembered, and then said cooperatively: "The Western political system is really a money system. It seems that everyone can run for president. So At first glance, if you don’t have money, let alone the president. You can’t even run for a county magistrate.”

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

"We hired 5 people, and asked Azerbaijan to send management. It's about the same." Wang Guan was talking about campaign volunteers during the general election.

In European and American countries, most of the campaign volunteers are teenagers who are interested in politics, but in Azerbaijan it will not work.You can only pay to hire them.

There will be more than 4000 polling places in the whole of Afghanistan, and 5 people will be allocated. Each polling place can only be allocated about 10 people. Large polling places in cities should have more people, and small polling places may have fewer than 10 people.

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

These are all things that violate the rules of the election, but Su Cheng is getting more and more familiar with it.It was also inconvenient for Aliyev to do it directly, otherwise his help would not be needed.

In fact, Aliyev sent people to help select the 5 people employed.Su Cheng is the role of pulling the flag.

However, no one pulling the flag was on it.This matter is also difficult to handle.

So busy until the end of the month, there are still a few days before the general election, and observers from various countries have also been sent out.

Azerbaijan is the most important country in the Caspian Sea oil region, and has the oil base of the Soviet era 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.

The natural concern of each country is who will produce the oil.

Oil companies such as bp, in addition to sending their company's important officials to inspect, as usual, they also have to drive domestic politicians over like reed chickens to speak out.

American politicians are even more worthless. Governors and senators come to Azerbaijan as lobbyists in the name of official inspections.

At the same time, 1.5 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 worked hard.

These observers do not conceal their identities, and usually form a group of two to cooperate with three times as many domestic observers in Azerbaijan to observe and record the entire election process.

They will make a judgment on whether the campaign is fraudulent and 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.

Therefore, even if it is just a show, Azerbaijan will do it very seriously.What's more, Aliyev is far from the time to win the presidency.

The morning of the 8th.

The enthusiastic U.S. interim representative Heinkel invited a group of foreigners to prepare to watch the presidential election in Azerbaijan.

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

The polling places in Baku are, of course, excellent.

The place completely imitated the style used in Russia, and imported ballot boxes and vote writing rooms were also bought, and the outside of the house was also cleaned.Those who come to vote must first provide a valid ID card and ask the staff to check it, then receive the ballot, and then fill in the ballot in a separate ballot writing room.

From the outside, the process is clean and tidy, without any problems.

Henkel nodded in satisfaction and said, "If this is the case, it can indeed be promoted as a model in Central Asia. Let's go, let's go ahead and see."

People around echoed, and they were all in high spirits.

Su Cheng had no choice but to follow.

Minister Zheng was displeased. Taking the opportunity of changing cars, he sat next to Su Cheng. He also wanted to find out, pretending to be sarcastic, and said, "I don't believe that you can manipulate the general election with such an election. Hussein Nove is probably even more powerful."

Husseinov has military power, so it seems that it is easier to manipulate elections.

It was also because the general election was so important that Minister Zheng couldn't hold back, so he wanted to get some news.

Su Cheng just returned a smile and said, "Look again."

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