Azerbaijan, Baku, 14 May / Trend corr. E.Babayev / The left central opposition Social-Democratic party of Azerbaijan (SDPA) has postponed the meeting initially planned for May. "The meeting was postponed because of the internal issues of the party," Araz Alizade, SDPA Chairman stated to Trend on 14 May.
The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held in October 2008. SDPA will nominate its own candidate to the presidential post. So far, the Musavat, Democratic and Green party of Azerbaijan have already stated about their participation in the upcoming presidential elections. The candidature of Ilham Aliyev will be nominated from the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party.
Alizade stated that the meeting may be held in September or October 2008. "The meeting was postponed due to internal issues of the party. Furthermore, change of staff policy will depend on the decision of the participations of the meeting," Alizade said. The issue on participation in the upcoming presidential elections will also be considered in the forthcoming Central Plenum. "We will nominate our candidate in the elections," Alizade stated.
Alizade stated that the election situation in Azerbaijan is democratic and considers the statements by his counterparts as ungrounded. "The Azerbaijani opposition understands that the current President Ilham Aliyev will win the approaching presidential elections," SDPA Co-Chairman stated.
Social-Democratic Party of Azerbaijan is a left central party of Azerbaijan. The Co-chairs of the party are Araz Alizade and Ayaz Mutallibov, ex-President of Azerbaijan who has been living in an exile. Mutallibov was elected the first President of the independent Azerbaijani Republic. Mutallibov left Azerbaijan and has been living in exile in Russia, after coming to the office of the Popular front in 1992.
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