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Azerbaijani opposition movement not to create bloc during municipal elections

Politics Materials 18 May 2009 14:32 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 18 / Trend , A.Huseyinbala/

The movement, which represents Azerbaijani opposition parties, will not participate in the municipal elections as a bloc.

"Every party will participate in the elections independently due to problems occurred during founding the movement as a bloc," Chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (DPA), which is represented in the Movement for Karabakh and Republic", Sardar Jalaloglu told Trend on May 18.

Municipal elections will be held in Azerbaijan in autumn 2009 and parliamentary elections - in autumn 2010. The municipal elections were held twice -in 1999 and 2004.

Recently, the Musavat and DPA parties, which are represented in the Movement for Karabakh and Republic, made a decision to nominate their candidates in the municipal elections. It is expected that parties, which are represented in the movement as members of the Azadlig bloc, will take the same step.

According to Jalaloglu, the main reason for this decision is documents during the election campaign. "If the movement to take part in the elections as a bloc, according to law, every accepted paper must be approved by the Supreme Assembly of parties, where they are represented," said Chairman of DPA.

Participation in the elections as a bloc creates problems, as well as requires additional funds. Therefore, parties should participate in the elections separately. "All parties represented in the movement will support candidatures of each other and will jointly participate in agitation campaign," Jalaloglu stressed.

The People's Front, Citizen and Development, Liberal, Musavat, Umid, and DPA, as well as several public organizations founded the Movement for Karabakh and Republic.

DPA was founded by Jalaloglu in 1991. The party took a radical position against the Government until 2007. In January 2007, the party took a new political course and improved relations with the authorities. Protesting against such an action Rasul Guliyev, the ex-chairman, and his supporters left the party and founded the Open Society party

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