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    AZERI ELECTION: RIVALS SLAM OPPOSITION BLOC FOR UNSANCTIONED DEMOS

    Azerbaijani TV Channel One, Baku, in Azeri
    26 Sep 05

    The parliamentary election campaign in Azerbaijan continued on Monday
    26 September with free and paid election broadcasts on state
    television.

    A paid electoral advertisement for parliamentary candidate, Farhad
    Qaribov, head of the Azari Holding financial and industrial group,
    described him as a hardworking person who loves his country and
    parents and praised him for donating money to charity.

    After that, Malahat Hasanova, a parliamentary candidate from the
    ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP), said in her free election
    broadcast that the party follows the path of Heydar Aliyev which is
    the path of truth. She praised the late ex-President Heydar Aliyev
    for saving the country from a civil war, establishing a cease-fire
    with Armenia and starting economic development in the country. Major
    oil and gas projects such as Baku-Ceyhan and Baku-Erzurum which were
    signed under Aliyev, as well as the Silk Road and TRACECA (Transport
    Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) projects guarantee the country's
    economic development and security, she stressed.

    In turn, Agacan Xosrovov, a candidate from the opposition Liberal
    Party, promised to solve problems if elected to parliament. He also
    said that no conditions have been created in Lankaran for him to meet
    his voters.

    After that, a candidate from the Azadliq election bloc, Malahat
    Mursudlu, criticized the ruling party candidates for advertising
    things that do not exist. People should have the right to influence
    decision-making and everyone should be equal before the law, she
    said. Mursudlu also invited people to attend the bloc's rally on
    Cafar Cabbarli Square in central Baku on 1 October.

    Araz Alizada from the Yeni Siyasat opposition bloc criticized his
    rivals for illegal actions and violence. He called for reconciliation
    which he believes can help liberate Karabakh. Speaking about the
    leader of the bloc, ex-President Ayaz Mutallibov who lives in exile
    in Russia, Alizada said that President Aliyev wants reconciliation
    and will resolve the issue of Mutallibov's return to Azerbaijan.

    Bahar Muradova, another candidate from the New Azerbaijan Party,
    accused the opposition of provocations. In her paid election
    broadcast, she said that "the radical opposition" does not like it
    when campaigning is progressing successfully and for this reason, is
    trying to destabilize the situation in Baku. Citing the 25 September
    rally as an example, she said that the opposition agreed to talks
    with the authorities only after the US embassy advised them to do so,
    but the talks failed through the opposition's fault. And they want to
    hold a rally in a densely-populated area in central Baku again, she
    said. The aim is to organize a provocation so that pressure is
    exerted on the authorities later on, Muradova added. She called on
    young people not to support these forces and vote for the NAP and
    President Ilham Aliyev.

    Meanwhile, Sevinc Huseynova, another candidate from the NAP, used her
    paid election broadcast to appeal to President Aliyev and his wife.
    She complained about the executive authorities in her constituency in
    Samux District, which she said are ignoring the presidential decree
    on improving electoral practices and illegally campaigning for one of
    the candidates. I believe that you will create conditions for a free
    and fair election, she said in conclusion.

    At the same time, Ayyub Ayyubov from the Unity bloc praised President
    Aliyev for his policy and said that all problems facing the country
    could be resolved through national unity.

    The United People's Front of Azerbaijan Party used their paid
    election broadcast to advertise party candidate Niyamaddin Orduxanov.

    After that, Mammad Alizada, a candidate from the Islahat (Reform)
    bloc, praised Heydar Aliyev for developing the market economy in the
    country. In his paid election broadcast, he also criticized the
    opposition for being puppets in the hands of foreign countries and
    for serving those who do no want Azerbaijan to conduct an independent
    policy. He called on voters to fight "these scoundrels".

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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