{"id":188628,"date":"2018-02-12T08:49:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T08:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/more-opposition-groups-to-boycott-the-snap-election\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T08:49:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T08:49:38","slug":"more-opposition-groups-to-boycott-the-snap-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/more-opposition-groups-to-boycott-the-snap-election\/","title":{"rendered":"More opposition groups to boycott the snap election"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Opposition groups Nida, ADW, and D18 have joined a growing number of parties and organizations who will boycott the snap presidential election in April. Earlier, REAL, Musavat, Umid, and the National Council of Democratic Forces had
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\n announced
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\n plans to boycott the election.\n<\/p>\n

\n In a statement, the Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare (ADW) Movement criticized President Ilham Aliyev\u2019s decree moving the presidential elections up six months from October to April. The decree, according to ADW, is \u201canother attack on democracy\u201d and \u201ca disrespect to voters and the people as a whole.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n “The ADW Movement believes that the ruling party nominating the incumbent president for a fourth time will further reinforce authoritarianism, not democracy, in this country in the ‘Year of Republic,’\u201d the statement reads, referring to the 100th anniversary of Azerbaijan\u2019s independence in 1918. \u201cSuch a development will further deepen the existing political confrontation in our society as well as social and economic problems, and pave the way for the international community to oppose us in the settlement of our greatest problem, Karabakh, inflicting major damage on our state’s international standing.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Also joining the boycott, the Nida Civic Movement released a statement criticizing the government\u2019s attacks on independent media, pressure on opposition parties, and political arrests, including the imprisonment of Ilgar Mammadov, a presidential candidate.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cConsidering all this, the Nida Civic Movement declares that there are no free or democratic conditions for an election to be held in this country, and we will not recognize the outcome of the snap presidential election on 11 April.\n<\/p>\n

\n The Democracy 1918 (D18) Movement has also joined the boycott. “The constitutional amendments passed in 2016 gave the president the right to schedule early elections,\u201d their statement reads. \u201cWithout holding a public debate, without providing strong reasons to society, and taking advantage of his powers, Ilham Aliyev brought the election six months forward. This has limited the opportunities for political institutions to run in the election. It is a logical result of totalitarian governance that this sudden decision was taken without a consultation being held with the public.”\n<\/p>\n

\n On 5 February, Ilham Aliyev
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\n signed
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\n an order moving this year\u2019s presidential elections to 11 April. The elections had originally been scheduled to take place on 17 October.\n<\/p>\n

\n The president was granted the power to call early elections by a
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\n controversial
\n <\/a>
\n constitutional referendum in 2016. The amendments also extended the presidential term from five years to seven.\n<\/p>\n

\n President Aliyev has been
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\n nominated
\n <\/a>
\n for reelection by the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.<\/p>\n

.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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