Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi / Communistic Party of Azerbaijan (CPA) may support the candidate from the Authorities at the upcoming presidential elections 2008, Rustam Shahsuvarov, one of the leaders of CPA, said to the Trend Agency. The issue concerning the presidential elections will be discussed during the Plenum of the party scheduled for 22 September. The issue on nomination its own candidate or to support other candidate will be defined during meeting of CPA in November.
"CPA may join any alliance, but communists will never support opposition," Shahsuvarov added.
"We do not support any candidate from opposition. All democratic opposition parties and opposition leaders hold anti state activities since 1992. We will never be in one line with them," he said.
The party based on communist ideology was founded in 1903. Mashadi Azizbayov, Nariman Narimanov and many others were leaders of the party.