A number of amendments have been made to the electoral legislation; the usual technical base of district election committees has been formed, and their employees also receive salaries, said First Deputy Chairman of Milli Majlis (Parliament) Ali Huseynli during a meeting for chairmen of district election commissions at the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan. Trend reports Huseynli noted that at the same time, a new law, "On Political Parties," was adopted. "The Electoral Code assumes the active participation of political parties and party blocs in these elections. Political parties argued about the membership of 5,000 people; they thought it would hinder them. But now these political parties are boycotting the elections. This is very unfortunate. To pass registration and then boycott the elections is a big political lack of culture," he added. Source: Trend News Agency