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PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV'S COUSIN TAKES LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS' PROPERTY TURNING THEM INTO TENANTS
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BAKU. August 2, 2012: A group of businessmen from Khirdalan (20 km
north of Baku) held a press conference today, complaining that the
local authorities were demolishing their business offices to free the
land for a market owned by Ilgar Aliyev, president Ilham Aliyev's
cousin. The businessmen told the media that the local authorities
disguised their real motives saying the demolition were part of the
"beautification plans" on Khirdalan.
According to businessman Agarazi Hashimov, one of the aggrieved
businessmen in Khirdalan, the local authorities had already demolished
31 businesses belonging to the families of the Garabagh war veterans.
The businessmen told the media that they found out that the whole
reason behind the demolition project was clearing the space for a new
market of Ilgar Aliyev, president Ilham Aliyev's cousin. Officials
told the owners of the demolished facilities that the new shopping
center would give them spaces in the area that they could rent for
1,000 manat a month (appr. $1,200).
"We do not agree to lease the area, built on the lands which we owned.
We want them to pay fair compensation (1.5 thousand manat per sq. m.),
the amount declared to be the fair value of the condemned property
by the President Ilham Aliyev himself," said the businessmen.
The same businessmen had already expressed their protests, first by
blocking the Baku - Sumgayit highway, then holding a demonstration
in front of the Administration of the President.
Today, through the media, they appealed to the Azerbaijani government
and the public, and next week they plan to hold a protest action once
again (Turan).
Turan
BAKU. August 2, 2012: A group of businessmen from Khirdalan (20 km
north of Baku) held a press conference today, complaining that the
local authorities were demolishing their business offices to free the
land for a market owned by Ilgar Aliyev, president Ilham Aliyev's
cousin. The businessmen told the media that the local authorities
disguised their real motives saying the demolition were part of the
"beautification plans" on Khirdalan.
According to businessman Agarazi Hashimov, one of the aggrieved
businessmen in Khirdalan, the local authorities had already demolished
31 businesses belonging to the families of the Garabagh war veterans.
The businessmen told the media that they found out that the whole
reason behind the demolition project was clearing the space for a new
market of Ilgar Aliyev, president Ilham Aliyev's cousin. Officials
told the owners of the demolished facilities that the new shopping
center would give them spaces in the area that they could rent for
1,000 manat a month (appr. $1,200).
"We do not agree to lease the area, built on the lands which we owned.
We want them to pay fair compensation (1.5 thousand manat per sq. m.),
the amount declared to be the fair value of the condemned property
by the President Ilham Aliyev himself," said the businessmen.
The same businessmen had already expressed their protests, first by
blocking the Baku - Sumgayit highway, then holding a demonstration
in front of the Administration of the President.
Today, through the media, they appealed to the Azerbaijani government
and the public, and next week they plan to hold a protest action once
again (Turan).