Azerbaijan, Baku, June 29/ Trend , A.Huseynbala /
Dismissal of the chairman of the Azerbaijani opposition Open Society Party (OSP) and his deputies is linked with the fact that they opposed against the radical direction of the structure.
The party split into supporters and opponents of radical politics, former deputy chairman of Open Society Party Yagub Abbasov told Trend .
At the meeting of the party last week, the chairman of the party Akif Shahbazov resigned. His authorities were transferred to head of the Supreme Council Vagif Mahmudov. The new party chairman will be elected at the next board meeting.
Last Saturday, deputy chairmen of the party Yagub Abbasov and Faramaz Javadov were dismissed.
According Abbasov, a group including him is interested in loyal politics. "I believe that it is impossible to achieve success through a radical policy against the government of Azerbaijan," said the former deputy chairman.
Regarding his dismissal, Abbasov said that the decision which he respects was agreed with the party's leader Rasul Guliyev who lives in the USA.
"Still there is not a final decision about my exclusion from the party. I will announce this decision on this matter at the next meeting of the Supreme Council," said Abbasov.
Open Society Party was established in April 2007. Its leader is the ex-speaker of Azerbaijan, Rasul Guliyev, who lives in exile.
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