The Open Society Party (OSP), which was assumed to participate in the negotiations to establish new cooperation centre of the opposition parties boycotted the elections, stated that discussions on the centre exist on pages of newspapers. “We did not get any official appeal to join the negotiations on the establishment of new cooperation centre. There were definite unofficial discussions. There is not any concrete position on this matter,” Akif Shahbazov, the chairman of the OSP told Trend News on 1 September.
Accoridng to Shahbazov, the OSP is far from expressing negative opinion concerning the new centre. “The party supports joint activity of the opposition and is interested in discussions to prevent mistakes made by the opposition parties, and to fulfill upcoming tasks,” he said.
As to position of the OSP’s leader Rasul Guliyev on the new cooperation centre, Shahbazov said that he knew Guliyev’s concrete position on this matter. “The Union has not established yet. If we get any apply from the formed organization later, we can examine this appeal at the party,” the OSP’s chairman said.
According to Shahbazov, if any union of the opposition is established after the presidential elections, they will clarify their position in line with the political situation. /Trend/