...

Sanctioned oppositional rally is taking place in Baku

Politics Materials 13 November 2005 16:55 (UTC +04:00)
Sanctioned oppositional rally is taking place in Baku

The Azadlig, New Policy and National Unity Movement election blocks, as well as other oppositional forces held the rally-march in Baku today. The action’s participants, having gathered close to ’20 January’ metro station started their march to Galaba square, Trend reports.

Having divided into columns they entered the square from various directions. During the march they chanted “Free Elections”, “Freedom” and “Resignation” slogans. In their hands they held along with the flag of Azerbaijan, the flags of Russia and Ukraine and the orange-color flags.

The opposition’s leaders вЂ"Isa Gambar, Ali Kerimli, Serdar Djalaloglu, Lala-Shovket Hadjieyva, Eldar Namazov, Tahir Kerimli and other arrived to the action’s venue.

The rally started with the sounds of the National Anthem of Azerbaijan. The rally’s presenter, an Azadlig alliance member Farman Huseynov spoke of the existing problems and fraudulent elections.

Then the Vahdat party chairman Tahir Kerimli addressed the rally. In his speech he told about falsifications at the elections, called on to cancel the results of voting and hold new elections.

The Azadlig coalition’s single candidate Rauf Arifoglu noted the facts of violations of law at various constituencies and stressed the importance of further struggle with the existing regime.

Latest

Latest