USA ambassador received heads of organizations of opposition parties in regions in Guba Olympic Complex

According to the information of south bureau of APA, 5 representatives of the Guba organization of PFPA, 3 of the Musavat Party, 1 of ANIP and ALP, the chairman of the Gusar organization of the Musavat Party, and chairman of the Khachmaz organization of ADP participated in the meeting.

R.Harnish spoke about the pre-election situation and said that these elections are attentively watched in USA.

The heads of the parties said that there are difficulties in obtaining ID cards and in the signature gathering campaign. The ambassador was also informed about release of the persons arrested after the presidential elections held in 2003 and law violations happened in the last municipality elections. The chairman of the Guba region organization of the Musavat Party complained about violation of the right of free gathering.

The chairman of the Guba region organization of YAP Huseynagha Bakhishov also participated in the measure. Though he informed that he agrees to some of opinions of the opposition parties, also noted that not all complaints are justified. The chairman of the Guba region organization of the Musavat Part, Saday Mammadov informed the ambassador that persons gathering signatures are turned out in some villages.

R.Harnish said that station chairmen falsified in the presidential elections in 2003 were not punished. But he stressed his hope that these elections will be held in a liberal and transparent manner. The oppositionists appealed to Reno Harnish for Shamsaddin Janiyev, who is in prison at present, to be released.