Azerbaijan, Baku, May 15 / Trend , J.Babayeva /
Chairman of the Union of Intellectuals of Azerbaijan (UIA) Eldaniz Guliyev said that he shares the view of ex-President Ayaz Mutallibov regarding weakening in the authority of the opposition.
"For 17 years, opposition parties have missed great opportunities. They have not been able to organize people and raise them to struggle. They have undermined people's faith in the struggle and hope for it, and in most cases this occurred because of personal ambitions and claims of leaders of opposition parties," Guliyev told Trend .
Commenting on the political situation in the country, the ex-President of Azerbaijan Ayaz Mutallibov said that the opposition has lost its authority. He said that the whole opposition has already understood that in order to solve problems, it needs to push aside personal ambitions.
Mutallibov was elected Azerbaijan's first president shortly after the country gained independence in 1992. Later a lawsuit was filed against him. Mutallibov is accused of attempted coup d'etat, creation of illegal armed groups, taking power by force, and other serious crimes. He has lived in Russia since 1992.
Guliyev said that he puts part of the blame for unsuccessful activity of the opposition on the intellectuals. "Over these years, the majority of intellectuals spent their strength in the party. They could see during this period that the political leaders used them in their own purposes in order to ensure their big claims," said Guliyev.
Intellectuals should understand that their main purpose and core mission is to be an arbiter of processes to guide them, he said. Naturally, the main blame falls on political parties. The political opposition has been unable to make the democratic camp in a democratic force," said Guliyev.
