Azerbaijan, Baku, 25 January / Trend corr. I.Alizadeh / The Azerbaijani Musavat opposition party will not change its decision on participation in the upcoming presidential election in the country.
Isa Gambar, Musavat head, stated to Trend that the party would participate in the approaching presidential elections.
The Musavat Supreme Assembly took a decision on 12 October 2007 on participation in the upcoming presidential elections. However, some officials of the party stated about the possible boycott the elections by the party.
Some opposition parties which have not take a concrete decision concerning participation in the elections, consider that Musavat may boycott the upcoming presidential elections.
Musavat is continuing preparations to the presidential elections.
The presidential elections will be held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2008.
Opposition party Musavat was founded in 1992. Isa Gambar, the present Chairman of the Party was the Ex-Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) in 1992-1993 and the candidate nominated to the Presidential elections held in the country in 2003. Five MPs represents the Party in the Parliament of the Country.