Sahiba Gafarova: Heydar Aliyev is the founder of Azerbaijan's modern parliament

National leader Heydar Aliyev is the founder of modern Azerbaijan's parliament, Milli Majlis Speaker Sahiba Gafarova said at the International Parliamentary Conference on "Parliamentarism: Traditions and Prospects" in Baku.

Report informs that, according to her, during his almost four-month leadership of the parliament (in 1993), the great leader laid the foundation for a qualitatively new stage in the history of Azerbaijani parliamentarism.

The speaker noted that the decisions made by Heydar Aliyev both during this period and later during his presidency, and his initiatives played an invaluable role in creating and developing the legal framework of the independent state and transforming the parliament into a real governing body.