Azerbaijan and britain political system

1. Azerbaijan and UK
Political system

2. The Republic of Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan first became independent in 1918. It was first
democratic Parliamentary republic in the Muslin World.
• 28 May 1918 - 18 April 1920 occupied by Soviet Army
• Restored independence in 1991
• Capital: Baku
• Territory: 86 600 km²
• Official language: Azerbaijani
• State structure: Dominant-party unitary presidential state
• Currency: Azerbaijani manat
• President: Ilham Aliyev
• Prime Minister: Ali Asadov

3. United Kingdom
• The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and
constitutional monarchy. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II,
who has reigned since 1952.
• Capital: London
• Territory: 242,495 km2
• Official language: English
• Currency: Pound sterling
• State structure: Unitary parliamentary democracy and
constitutional monarchy
• Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
• Prime Minister: Boris Johnson

4. Azerbaijan’s political system: Background
• The political system of Azerbaijan functions in a
structure of a prseidential republic; the President of
Azerbaijan is the head of state, and the PM of
Azerbaijan is the head of government.
• The government exercises executive power.
• Legislative power is vested in both the government and
parliament.
• The Judiciary is for all purposes independent of both
the executive and the legislature.

5. UK political system: Background
• United Kingdom is ruled by frame of constitutional monarchy,
where Monarch is head of state and PM of the UK is head of
government.
• British political system is multi-party system
• Since the 1920s, UK’s two main political parties have been
Conservative Party and Labour Party.
• Legislative power is vested in two chambers of Parliament of
the UK, House of Commons and House of Lords and also in
Scottish parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies.
• Judiciary is independent of executive and legislature.
• Supreme Court of the UK is highest national court.

6. Legistative
• The National Assembly of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijan’s
legislative branch of government. The unicameral
National Assembly is made up of 125 delegates;
previously, 100 members were elected for five-year terms
in single-seat constituencies while 25 were members
elected by proportional representation. However, from the
most recent election, all 125 delegates are returned from
single-member constituencies. The assembly’s current
speaker is Ogtay Asadov; the current First Deputy Speaker
is Ziyafet Asgarov; the current two deputy speakers are
Bahar Muradova and Valeh Alasgarova.

7. Legistative
• Legislative powers in England and Wales are vested in
Parliament. The legislature is bicameral. Passing an Act of
Parliament requires the consent of both Houses of Parliament—
the House of Lords and House of Commons—and then the Act
must be given Royal Assent.
• It is a principle that the supreme authority of the Queen in
Parliament is sovereign, which means that Parliament alone has
the authority, with Royal Assent, to enact or repeal legislation.
• Private Members’ bills may also be put forward by Members of
Parliament who are not Ministers. These bills are afforded
significantly less time in Parliament for debate and discussion
and, as a result, are rarely enacted, but they frequently serve to
raise awareness of an issue.

8. Executive
• The head of state and the head of government are
separate from the country’s law–making body.
• The president is the head of state and the head of the
executive branch.
• The president is elected by the people.
• The president appoints the PM, who is subsequently
confirmed by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.
• The Constitution of Azerbaijan was revised in 2008;
term limits for the office of President were
eradicated.

9. Executive
• A cabinet-style government, formed by whichever
party commands a majority in the House of Commons,
wields executive power at the national level in the UK.
• Executive power in the UK is exercised by the
Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, via Her Majesty's
Government and the devolved national authorities - the
Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly
Government, and the Northern Ireland executive.

10. Major parties
• New Azerbaijan Party
• National Revival Movement Party
• Equality Party
• Azerbaijan Popular Front Party
• Azerbaijan Democratic Party
• Motherland Party
• Civic Solidarity Party

11. Major parties
• Conservative and Unionist Party
• Liberal Demecrats
• Labour Party
• Democratic Unionist Party
• Social Demmocratic and Labour Party
• Respect Party
• Allience Party of Northern Ireland
• UK Independence Party
• British Nationaly Party

12. Judiciary
• Judicial power is administered by courts.
• In Azerbaijan, judicial power is exclusively
executed by courts. Constitutional Court, Supreme
Court, appellate courts, general courts, and other
specialized courts share the judicial power in
accordance with their mandate arising from the
Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic.
• A Constitutional Court, which is only independent,
leads the judicial branch.

13. Judiciary
• Today the UK has three distinct system of law:
Enlish law, Northern Ireland law and Scots law.
• Recent constitutional changes saw a Supreme
Court of the UK come into being in October 2009
that took on the appeal functions of the Appellate
Committee of the House of Lords.
• The Judical Committee of the Privy Council,
comprising the same members as the Supreme
Court, is the highest court of appeal for several
independent Commonwealth countries, the UK
overseas territories, and the British crown
dependencies.

14. The National Assembly (Milli Majlis)
• The National Assembly, also transliterated as Milli Majlis, is the
legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan.
• It is a unicameral body consisting of 125 deputies. 4 of them are
represented in the management. Deputies are elected on the basis
of the majority electoral system, universal, equal and direct
suffrage by free, personal and secret ballot.
• The term of office of each convocation of the National Assembly
of the Republic of Azerbaijan is 5 years.
• Elections of each convocation of the Milli Majlis are held on the
first Sunday of November every five years. The National
Assembly holds two regular spring and autumn sessions every
year.

15. The National Assembly (Milli Majlis)
• There are 15 standing committees and 2 commissions
(Discipline and Accounting) consisting of deputies.
• The Office of the Milli Majlis consists of the head, 1
deputy, secretariat, 10 departments, 23 sectors, and the
head of affairs.
• The leadership of the Milli Majlis consists of 4 people:
1. Chairman (speaker)
2. First Deputy Chairman (1st Vice Speaker)
3. From 2 vice-chairmen (vice-speaker)

16. House of Lords
• Upper house of UK’s parliament.
• Like the House of Commons, it meets in Palace of
Wesrminster.
• Has its own support services; these are separate from
Commons, including House of Lords Library.
• 26 Lords Spiritual currently sit in Lords by merit of
ecclesiastic role in established Church of England.
• Lords Temporal makes up remainder of membership,
of whom most are life peers who are nominated by
Monarch on advice of PM, or on advice of House of
Lords Appointments Comission.
• Membership was once right of birth to hereditary
peers, but after a series of reforms, only 92 members
sitting by merit of hereditary peerage are left.

17. House of Lords
• Frequently surveys and reforms bills from Commons.
• While House of Lords is unable unilaterally to keep bills
from passing into law, its members can severly postphone
bills that they believe are mistaken and therefore force
government, Commons, and general public to rethink their
chocies.
• In this capacity, Lords act as constitutional safeguard that
does not rely on electoral process and that can challenge
the will of the public wehn majority’s wishes endangers
constitutional priciples, human right or rules of law.
• Speech from the throne, frequently known as Queen’s
Speech, is delivered from House of Lords during State
Opening of Parliament.

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