The newly reelected President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, was sworn in for a second term last week after winning the October 15th election with 89 percent of the vote. Opposition parties boycotted the election, and monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe criticized the poll
An Azerbaijani Perspective
But whatever the shortcomings of the election, President Aliyev enjoys enormous popularity in his own country, according to Paul Goble, Director of Research and Publications at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy in Baku. Speaking with host Judith Latham of VOA News Now
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