Azerbaijan, Baku, 8 September / Trend corr. I.Alizade / Elshan Manafli, secretary of the opposition left-wing Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party (ASDP), was dismissed from the organization.
"Manafli was dismissed from the ASDP at the decision of the Central Committee Plenum, because he opposed the party's policy and tried to create split inside the party," Araz Alizade, the co-chairman of the ASDP told Trend on 8 September.
Alizade and Ayaz Mutallibov, ex-president of Azerbaijan, who at present lives in immigration, are co-chairmen of the left-wing opposition ASDP party.
Mutallibov was elected the first president of the country after the announcement of independency in 1991. Then lawsuit was filed on him and he lives in emigration in Russia since 1992.
Private meeting of the ASDP Central Committee was held on 6 September. Party's interior issues were discussed at the meeting. Manafov, who is Mutallibov's close supporter and blamed Alizade for his incapability to rule over the party, wad dismissed from the party.
According to Alizade, Mutallibov, the co-chairman of the ASDP, joined the meeting through telephone from Moscow. However, he refused to publicize Mutallibov's position concerning Manafli's dismissal.
"The decision on Manafli's dismissal was made unanimity," Alizade said.
Alizade said that the Central Committee plenum made a decision to hold a congress on 27 September. The leadership of the party will make a report and organizational issues will be discussed at the congress. The co-chairman did not exclude possibility of changes at the leadership of the party in the congress: "Changes will be made in the composition of the Central Committee. Representatives of the congress can change the highest leadership of the party if they want."
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