Azerbaijan, Baku, August 5 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
The ruling New Azerbaijan Party will submit the necessary documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) to register its candidate Ilham Aliyev at the upcoming presidential elections, deputy chairman and executive secretary of the party Ali Ahmadov told Trend today.
"Several documents are being prepared in this connection," Ahmadov said.
"I think that the ruling party will submit the documents to register its candidate soon," he added.
A decision was made at the fifth congress of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party on June 7 to nominate the candidacy of Azerbaijani President, chairman of the party Ilham Aliyev in the upcoming presidential elections.
The nomination for the presidential elections started in Azerbaijan on Monday.
The CEC decided to hold the presidential elections on October 9. The previous presidential elections were held on October 15, 2008. The presidential elections are held in Azerbaijan every five years.