Azerbaijan, Baku, August 17 / Trend J. Babayeva /
The Azerbaijani Green Party has launched meetings with political parties for the municipal elections.
"Talks will be held with the Umid Party soon. Discussions with 20 parties we have applied to will be completed by September 15. Other political parties are likely to unite for the municipal elections," the Chairman of Green Party, Mais Gulaliyev, told Trend .
Municipal elections in Azerbaijan are scheduled for December 2009. The Azerbaijani Green Party has applied to 20 parties to consider joint participation in the process. The party was founded in 2006 but it can not participate in elections independently as it does not have state registration.
Gulaliyev said that municipal elections require 20,000 people joining in the process. "We are not able to nominate candidates in all municipalities considering that our party has been founded only recently. According to our plan, we intend to participate in elections with about 150-200 candidates. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a bloc with other parties," he said.
Serious disputes between opposition parties and the Green Party will create obstacles in establishing the bloc. "There are serious disputes on different issues, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and public-political processes. Despite this, it is likely that we are one of the few parties that are always ready to cooperate," Gulaliyev said.
The Chairman of the Party said that Green ideology in Azerbaijan is poorly developed. "The positions of all parties are rather precarious, though they do not admit this. Besides this, we openly demonstrate our strength and value its validity," he said.
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