There were various rumors in connection with my return to Azerbaijan and my election as People's Deputy. I would like to state that I returned to my homeland not to come to power once again, and not to square accounts with somebody, but only to be with my people at this hard and difficult time, to share grief with my people, to fulfill my civic duty, to join struggle for freedom. Nobody can deprive me of this right. I would like to inform Supreme Council about my ideas and suggestions concerning situation in the Soviet Union and Azerbaijan. For several years our country, soviet society, system of state control are in the state of political and economical crisis.
International relations are very strained.
Soviet Union is being disrupted. Unfortunately, all this is being hushed up, and official circles and mass media criticize only the past. One might categorically state that changes that began in our country in 1985 were not based on long-term strategy, scientifically, politically and economically grounded. And, naturally, measures taken in a hurry, in some cases contradicting each other didn't give positive results. Serious errors in national policy resulted in tragedies in many Republics.