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Conference of Ruling New Azerbaijan Party to be Held after Start of Pre-election Campaign

Politics Materials 30 January 2008 19:45 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 30 January / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi / The conference of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) will be held after starting of pre-election campaign, Siyavush Novruzov, NAP Deputy Executive Secretary, stated to journalists on 30 January.

"The meeting of the party will be held as soon as the pre-election campaign to be launched," Novruzov said.

The meeting of Political Council of the bloc will be held in February. The decision for participation in the upcoming presidential elections will be made during the meeting," Novruzov said.

The candidature of the Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev will be nominated in the approaching presidential elections.

The New Azerbaijan Party is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan. It was formed by Heydar Aliyev in 1993 who led it until his retirement and death in 2003. It is now led by his son, Ilham Aliyev. At the elections, the party won 62.3 % of the popular vote and 75 out of 125 seats. Its candidate Ilham Aliyev was reported by the government to have won 80 % of the popular vote in the 15 October 2003 presidential elections, which faced criticism of vote-rigging from groups such as Human Rights Watch. At the parliamentary elections of 6 November 2005, it won 56 out of 125 seats.

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