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Azerbaijani Opposition Party Changes its Decision and Nominates Its Presidential Candidate

Politics Materials 21 August 2008 15:20 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 21 August/ Trend , corr E. Babayev/ The opposition Great Establishment Party of Azerbaijan (GEP) changed its decision not take part in the election with its own candidate in the meeting of the Supreme Majlis of the party on 21 August.

"Our two key demands have already been fulfilled, therefore the Supreme Majlis of the party decided to take part in the elections and nominated me for the presidential elections," Fazil Gazanfaroglu, chairman of GEP and MP said to Trend .

The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held on 15 October. On 2 August, GEP decided not to nominate its own candidate for presidential elections. The party said it has decided so as there were little chances for equal elections in Azerbaijan.

GEP refused to take part in the elections as the party was hindered from being represented in the Central Election Commission and it was not provided with headquarters. "These two obstacles have been eliminated. Two days ago the State Committee for Property Management provided us with headquarters. Though our headquarters needs repairs, we already have our own headquarters. As to the representation of the party in CEC, parliament will give a positive response to it in the autumn session," he said.

"Some parties have decided not to take part in the elections. We decided to do so not to let the voters of opposition to support government and to use the support of these voters in favor of our party striving for the well being of Azerbaijan," Qazanfaroglu said an d added that the documents will be submitted to CEC within the next few days. "We will have enough time. The election headquarters of our party and regional organizations are fully ready for the elections," he said.

The opposition GEP was established in 2004 and registered in 2005. The chairman of the party Qazanfaroglu is member of Azerbaijani parliament.

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