Azerbaijan, Baku,
29 August /corr. Trend E.Babayev /Soon the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan will register the oppositional Open Society Party.
"We have repeatedly met with the responsible persons of the Ministry and
were assured that this question will be decided soon," activist of OSP, Yagub
Abbasov, told Trend on 29 August.
OSP was founded in April 2007. Ex-speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament, Rasul Guliyev, was the leader of the opposition Open Society Party. From 2000 to the February of 2007 Guliyev was the chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (DPA). Guliyev's supporters left DPA, held their congress and founded the Open Society Party.
According to Abbasov, the documents necessary for party's registration have been submitted to the Ministry more than one year ago.
Currently 52 parties in Azerbaijan passed State registration.
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