Azerbaijan, Baku, 24 January / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi / The two persons will nominate their candidature for the chairmanship post in the Azerbaijani National Independent Party (ANIP), Ali Orujev, ANIP press-secretary stated to Trend on 24 January.
Ayaz Rustamov, the party chairman, resigned due to the health problem in the end of 2007. The new chairman will be elected during the meeting of the party in 2008. The meeting will be summoned by ANIP Central Council.
Orujev stated that Fagan Maharramov, the chairman of the Geranboy region department of the party, and Aladdin Askarov, chairman of Narimanov District department, stated that they nominated their candidature for the chairman post of the party.
Askarov was the candidate for the chairmanship post during the latest meeting.
The meeting is expected to hold in May or April 2008.
ANIP was the first party received registration in Azerbaijan in 1992. Etibar Mammadov had been the founder and chairman of the party by 2004. Presently, Mammadov is the deputy chairman of the International Democratic Alliance.