Shortly before death of Heydar Aliyev Azerbaijani authorities carried out an operation ''Successor''
According to some reports Hugo Chavez died nearly three months ago. Ambassador of Panama to the Organization of American States Guillermo Koches said last week that brain death was recorded with Chavez in late December, according to the site “tvrain.ru”.
The article notes that this is not the first time that the leader of the state de facto dies before announcing the news to the people, and brings the example of the death of the President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev.
“No less favorable was the death of his father for Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. In 2003, shortly before the death of Heydar Aliyev, the authorities carried out an operation "Successor,” the material says.
The author stresses that at first the President Heidar Aliyev who was sick by that time was taken to Ankara, from where the news came that he had appointed his son Ilham as Prime Minister. Then, Heydar Aliyev was taken to Cleveland, where he was as long as presidential elections were held. He himself was to participate in them, but according to the official statements refused in favor of his son. During all this time, the president did not appear in public. It was only after the victory of President Ilham Aliyev that the news about his father’s death was announced.