Two Azerbaijani deputies permanently deprived of the right to be  represented in PACE

ArmInfo. The website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe published the Report of an independent investigative body on allegations of corruption in the Parliamentary Assembly of individual members of parliament and  former PACE members.

According to Turan, the report names the names of 29 deputies who  were found guilty of violating ethical norms, which was reflected in  the facts of corruption. Some of these deputies were found guilty of  receiving money and gifts from the representatives of Azerbaijan in  order to lobby the interests of the Azerbaijani authorities in PACE.

Thus, the Committee found that Zmago Elinchich Plemeni received in  July 2012 25 000 euros from one of the British companies involved in  the scandal "Laundromat". "There is a suspicion that he acted in  favor of Azerbaijan during the monitoring of the elections," the  report noted. With this in mind, Elinchich Plemenity is denied the  right to access the Council of Europe for life.

Similar decisions on depriving PACE of lifelong access to the PACE  were also made by the Committee with regard to the deputies: Karin  Strentz, Karin Woldset, Luca Volonte (key figure in receiving money  from the Azerbaijani authorities).

As the organizers of the transfer of funds in the report, Azerbaijani  deputies Muslim Mammadov and Elkhan Suleymanov are named, who are  also denied access to PACE for life for involvement in corruption and  violation of ethical standards.

The Committee also notes that the aforementioned individuals refused  to cooperate and answer questions from the commission investigating  the facts of corruption.

The former deputy from Azerbaijan, Gultakin Hajibeyli, whose powers  were terminated in 2010, was also named among those deprived of  access to the PACE. The report noted that there was a slight  violation of ethical standards in her actions.