Azerbaijan, Baku, June 20 / Trend, E. Mehdiyev /
Although the Azerbaijani National Council said that head of the Musavat opposition party Isa Gambar will be its single candidate, the party itself considers this unreasonable.
Isa Gambar did not say that he will be the only candidate from the National Council, advisor to the head of Musavat party Sakhavat Alisoy told Trend today.
"Proceeding from Isa Gambar's statement, he said that Rustam Ibrahimbeyov will be the only candidate from the National Council," Alisoy said. "All other versions, distributed in the press, are someone's unfounded assumptions. Isa Gambar personally agreed that Rustam Ibrahimbeyov was the single candidate from the National Council."
But it is important for Rustam Ibrahimbeyov to be in Baku to become a single candidate from the National Council, he said.
"Of course, a candidate will not be chosen in absentia," he said. "A single candidate must be in Baku. I believe that if Rustam Ibrahimbeyov took this responsible mission, he must come to Azerbaijan. This is a very serious issue. It is not a joke or a game."
However, he does not rule out the candidacy of Isa Gambar, if Rustam Ibrahimbeyov does not arrive in Azerbaijan.
"Of course, Isa Gambar might be an appropriate candidate, but this issue must be resolved in the National Council," he stressed.
If the National Council does not choose a single candidate, then the organization will not make sense, he added.
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Liberal Party represented in the National Council Avaz Temirkhan said that his party supports Rustam Ibrahimbeyov.
Today, the most appropriate candidate for the presidency from the National Council is Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, Temirkhan told Trend.
"The Azerbaijani Liberal Party leader Lala Shevket refused from nominating a single candidate," he added. "It is not casual. I believe that Rustam Ibrahimbeyov will be the single candidate from the National Council."
Member of the Coordinating Council of the so-called Public Chamber Panah Huseyn considers Isa Gambar as an appropriate candidate. Despite Rustam Ibrahimbeyov is often called as a presidential candidate from the National Council during the ongoing discussions, he will support the candidacy of Isa Gambar, Panah Huseyn told Trend.
"Rustam Ibrahimbeyov will not arrive in Azerbaijan because he is afraid of being arrested as a result of his acts, chairman of the Citizen and Development Party Ali Aliyev said. "Rustam Ibrahimbeyov finds himself persona non grata in Azerbaijan."
"Second, the project authors are interested in a political figure to be a candidate, rather than Rustam Ibrahimbeyov," Aliyev said.