Azerbaijan, Baku, Apr. 3 / Trend M.Aliyev /
Unification of the Azerbaijani opposition's basic forces in a single election bloc did not happen.
"Joint participation of basic opposition forces in the elections did not happen because of a sufficient number of subjective factors and the creation of a single electoral bloc did not take place," Azadlig bloc member, Citizens and Development Party Chairman Ali Aliyev told Trend Apr. 2.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) proposed creating a new electoral bloc with the Azadlig bloc and Umid party. Despite the continuing discussions between the bloc Azadlig and ADP, a specific result was not announced.
Parliamentary elections will be held in Azerbaijan in fall 2010. Previous elections were held in November 2005. The elections are held according to the majority system in Azerbaijan's 125 constituencies.
According to Aliyev, the current situation suggests that "we will witness the electoral blocs with even less staff".
"We must try to find a format for cooperation, which could guarantee for the struggle with current realities. It is very important, because vote dispersion of dissatisfied voters will not lead to desired results. That's why, we should provide common list at least, which is supported by the largest number of opposition election bloc," Aliyev said.
Even if necessary conditions for electoral blocs are created, at least circles, agreed with the broad composition of the opposition candidates having more chance must be defined, Aliyev underscored.
Aliyev's position was ambiguous regarding parties entering the electoral bloc that would be created by Azadlig bloc.
"Unfortunately, we were unable to move forward in the matter related with a submission of other parties in the electoral bloc. But it is clear that the parties entered the Azadlig bloc will be together in the election bloc, which will be created by this bloc. Probably we can determine the bloc soon," the party chairman said.
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