Presidential candidate Gulamhuseyn Alibayli has held meetings in Lankaran and Masalli within the framework of election campaign, APA reports.
The meeting was held in Olympic Complex in Lankaran. Lawyers of Alibayli Iltifat Rahimov, Gorkhmaz Ibrahimli made speeches and provided information about the life and activity of the candidate.
Alibayli briefed voters about reason of resignation from Azerbaijan Popular Front Party and participation in presidential elections. He called people to attend the presidential elections actively. The meeting was organized in Cultural House in Masalli. The lawyers and candidate called residents to participate in the elections. /APA/

Azerbaijan National Independence Party (AMIP) and the Swedish ruling Moderate Party held an international conference on “The role of Azerbaijani women in the socio-political life”. Female representatives of the Azerbaijan’s political parties and non-governmental organizations attended the conference, APA reports.
They discussed intensifying the women’s political activity. /APA/

Presidential candidate Hafiz Hajiyev met with the voters in Salyan Region on September 26, Chairman of the 50th Electoral District of Salyan Region Salamat Karimov told APA.
He said at the meeting held in Salyan’s “Babak” Cinema House Hafiz Hajiyev informed the voters about his program and answered the questions interested them.
The OSCE representatives also attended the meeting. /APA/

Media representatives of the different countries apply to the Central Election Commission for watching the October 15 presidential elections in Azerbaijan. Russian NTV, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Azerros newspaper, Turkey’s TRT, US Bloomberg and EPA agencies, Reuters, Spanish El Pais newspaper have already applied to CEC, Press Service of the Commission told APA. Registration of the foreign journalists at CEC will be ended in 5 days before the voting. /APA/

The first phase of the mass actions within the schedule prepared by the Executive Secretariat of New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) for the “Ilhamla Ireli” (“Forward with Ilham”) election campaign of the party’s presidential candidate Ilham Aliyev, was finished. YAP Press Service told APA a large part of voters attended the meetings and mass actions within the first ten days of the campaign. According to the Electoral Code, meetings and mass actions were held in the places assigned by the local executive powers. Representatives of the candidate, YAP top officials and members of the Parliament from YAP attended the meetings. They held meetings in Goranboy, Gubadli, Shusha, Zangilan regions, and Sabunchu, Yasamal, Binagadi, Azizbayov, Garadag, Surakhani, Narimanov, Sabayel, Nasimi and Nizami districts of Baku. /APA/

Presidential candidate Fazil Gazanfaroglu has today met with voters in Sumgayit. The party’s press service told APA that the meeting had been held in Cultural Center named after Narimanov. The candidate’s lawyer Elkhan Shukurlu briefed the voters about Fazil Gazanfaroglu’s political activity.

Fazil Gazanfaroglu gave broad information about his election platform.

The candidate will meet with the voters in Ganja tomorrow. /APA/

We do not support the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem in a military or peaceful way, such a statement was made by the Chairman of opposition Great Establishment Party, presidential candidate in Azerbaijan, Fazil Gazanfaroglu, during his meeting with the electors in Azerbaijanїs city of Ganja. According to Gazanfaroglu, for him the priority is such questions as to protect the rights on inviolability of property, ensure social rights of citizens, resolve the unemployment problem, re-payment of peopleїs bank deposits from the times of the USSR, etc.
Presidential candidate of Azerbaijan also touched upon the theme, connected with the social and economic development of the regions of Republic. Gazanfaroglu said that in his pre-election platform special place is allocated for such questions as creation of new jobs, construction of plants and factories in the regions, and also the protection of property rights of citizens.
Touching upon the problems of health and education in the regions, Gazanfaroglu mentioned the importance of training professional personnel. According to him, for this it is necessary to increase the number of students who get education abroad.
Gazanfaroglu also spoke of presidential elections. He said that for him the main fact is that participating in the pre-election campaign, the Presidential candidate can notify voters of his views on solution of these or other question. /Trend/

The Co-chair of the left Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party (ASDP), Araz Alizade, said that over the past five years, the party has achieved more successes than losses.
“Many people used lack of financial opportunities of the party. In 2003 the party had more than 6,000 members. In that year we held an extraordinary congress regarding Ayaz Mutallibov’s coming to the party and after this, flow began into the party. The number of the members exceeded 26,000. They expected that Ayaz Mutallibov will return, take a post and help their advancement. However, Mutallibov could not return and those who came due to it left the party,” Alizade said at the 11th congress of the party in Baku on 27 September.
Alizade said that strange processes take place in the party. “Differences took place in the party. Both Ayaz Mutallimov and I made staff faults,” Alizade said.
He said that currently the party has more than 3,000 members.
Later, closed voting was held for elective bodies. Araz Alizade and Ayaz Mutallibov were re-elected as the co-chairs of ASDP. The members of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission were determined.
Ayaz Mutallibov, co-chairman of opposition Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (SDPA) and former President of Azerbaijan, who is in migration in Russia at present, is displeased with the activities of his party.
“The membership of the party has not grown over the last several years and we could not expand activities of the party,” Mutallibov said in the 11th conference of the Social Democratic Party by telephone from Moscow.
The 11th conference of SDPA was held in the headquarters of the party on 27 September. A total of 89 representatives out of 103 elected from over 20 regional and city organizations took part in the conference. The co-chairmen of the party Mutallibov and Alizade, heads of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission made a report. The leadership and elected bodies of the party were formed once again.
Mutallibov said financial problems have weakened activities of the party. “But we can address these problems by doing our best,” he said.
“When Bolsheviks began struggling they had neither financial opportunities, nor automobiles. But they struggled and won. We should work hard,” he added.
SDPA has no offices in many of the regions of Azerbaijan. Several regional offices do not do anything, he said.
As to the recent disagreements within the party, he said unity is vital for the party.
Mutallibov described it as “disrespect, violation of law and regulations”.
“I have never taken anybody’s side,” he said. /Trend/

Activities of the format of `fourї of Azerbaijani opposition parties have been stopped temporarily.
The four will restore its activities after the presidential elections. After the elections the four will be transformed into another format or will stop its activities, chairman of the Azerbaijani Democratic Party (ADP) presented in this format Sardar Jalaloglu said to Trend News.
Four unites the Azerbaijani opposition parties, including ADP, Musavat and the Party of National Independence of Azerbaijan, and also the Public Forum for Azerbaijan.
The organization of four has lost its actuality, Jalaloglu said.
Four format was established in connection with presidential elections and now this idea has become secondary. There is no innovation in the activities of `fourї and will hardly appear furtherї.
After the presidential elections it would be expedient to establish a wide coalition of political forces, having the same ideas and platform.
Though current conditions do not allow this, but after the presidential elections certain political forces will make efforts in this direction, Jalaloglu said.
He considered important to establish the new union of opposition parties. Unification of large political forces with various political interests on the eve of municipal and parliamentary elections will be more real. Establishment of the new union will be possible during the period of new policy, Jalaloglu said.
He said that despite availability of the idea on establishment of the new union, no discussions in this direction are held with any party. /Trend/

Norwegian Foreign Ministry will study the pre-election political situation in Azerbaijan. Norway’s Deputy FM Raymond Johansen will visit Azerbaijan for this purpose at the beginning of October. The visit will be paid on 1-2 October within the Johansen’s tour to South Caucasus, Norwegian Embassy in Azerbaijan said to Trend News on 27 September.
Johansen will meet at the Foreign Ministry with leaders of Azerbaijani political parties, NGO representatives. He is expected to meet with Ambassadors of European countries in Azerbaijan. /Trend/

Women in Azerbaijan will support current President Ilham Aliyev in the upcoming presidential elections, Hijran Huseynova, chairman of State Committee for Problems of Family, Woman and Children, said in the third conference of Azerbaijani women on 26 September.
The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held on 15 October.
Women in Azerbaijan support providing public and social security, rapid development of economy and solution of social problems, she said.
“The Azerbaijani women will support political line targeted at strengthening international authority of Azerbaijan in the presidential elections,” she said.
Women voters, who make up more than half all voters, will be active in election day, Huseynova said. /Trend/

Invisible ink, transparent ballot boxes and ultra-violet detectors (lamps), which will be used in the presidential elections in Azerbaijan, were brought to Azerbaijan from Denmark.
“We have begun to distribute elections tools to the District and Station election commissions,” Rovzat Gasimov, the head of the International Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Central Elections Commission (CEC), told Trend News on 26 September.
More than 5,000 election stations function in Azerbaijan. One mobile and non-mobile transparent ballot boxes are put to each station.
One, two and three invisible ink bottles will be distributed to each station depending on voters’ number, Gasimov said.
Transparent ballot boxes and ultra-violet detectors were brought to Azerbaijan in the parliamentary elections in 2005, he said: “Boxes and detectors, which were brought in 2008, are additional ones.” /Trend/