PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION KICKED OFF IN AZERBAIJAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.10.2008 15:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Presidential election kicked off in Azerbaijan today,
October 15. The polling stations opened at 8 a.m. and will close on
7 p.m.

Seven candidates are running for the post, namely Ilham Aliyev, the
incumbent President and chairman of ruling New Azerbaijan Party; Igbal
Agazade, chairman of opposition Umid (Hope) Party; Fazil Gazanfaroglu,
chairman of Great Establishment Party; Gudrat Hasanguliyev, chairman
of Unified Popular Front Party; Hafiz Hajiyev, chairman of Muasir
Musavat Party; Fuad Aliyev, chairman of Liberal Democrat Party and
independent candidate Gulamhuseyn Alibayli.

Some 1,233 international observers from 60 countries are observing
the election.

In early September, parties serving on Azadlig bloc the (the Popular
Front Party, the Liberal Party and the Citizen and Development), the
Musavat Party and the Public Forum ‘For Azerbaijan’ signed a joint
statement on recognition of the presidential election as illegitimate,
Trend Azeri news agency reports.