(23 Nov 2012) SHOTLIST
October 1 2012
1. Various of statue in honour of Geidar Aliyev, former president of Azerbaijan, on Reforma Avenue in Mexico City
November 23 2012
2. Wide of commission of experts, appointed by the Mexico City local government, arriving at news conference
3. Cutaway of media
4. Mid of commission of experts
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Guillermo Osorno Covarrubias, member of commission of experts and author:
"This commission recommends the Friendship Park Mexico-Azerbaijan keep its name, but listening to the expressions of the majority of the people, neighbours and public opinion, we recommend the sculpture of Geidar Aliyev should be removed from such an iconic place like Reforma Avenue."
6. Wide of news conference
7. Mid of cameraman
8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Guillermo Osorno Covarrubias, member of commission of experts and author:
"We also believe this space should be dedicated to the memory of the victims of forced disappearances, torture and extra-judicial killings."
9. Wide of news conference
10. Mid of experts leaving
October 1 2012
11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox Pop, Miguel Angel Mendoza, student:
"It's out of place more than anything."
12. Various of statue
13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox Pop, Mariana Gasca, student:
"They shouldn't spend (m) millions of pesos on building monuments that have no purpose. It would be better to use the money for public health or fixing the city so it looks better."
14. Pan right of man walking in front of statue
STORYLINE:
A commission of experts said on Friday that Mexico City's authorities should remove a life-size statue of Azerbaijan's former president that was recently erected along the city's main boulevard.
The bronze, Stalinesque statue of Geidar Aliyev was erected by the Azerbaijan embassy, which paid for the renovation of part of the city park where it sits.
Protesters however say they are offended by a monument to an authoritarian figure like Aliyev, who led Azerbaijan first as Communist Party boss during Soviet times and then as president from 1993 to his death in 2003.
The three-expert commission recommended the park known as Friendship Park Mexico-Azerbaijan to keep its name, but said the statue should be removed
"After listening to the expressions of the majority of the people, neighbours and public opinion, we recommend the sculpture of Geidar Aliyev should be removed from such an iconic place like Reforma Avenue," said Guillermo Osorno Covarrubias, a member of the commission of experts and local author.
Osorno also said they have recommended that the space is dedicated "to the memory of the victims of forced disappearances, torture and extra-judicial killings."
Azerbaijani officials have said that the removal of the statue could affect diplomatic relations with Mexico.
The finding of the commission is only a recommendation and the final decision on the statue will be made by Mexico City's government.
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