Azerbaijan opposition group says it will boycott presidential election

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12:48 | 07.02.2018

Azerbaijan opposition group says it will boycott presidential election

Jamil Hasanly, head of the Azerbaijan opposition coalition the National Council of Democratic Forces, told Reuters on Tuesday the coalition will boycott a presidential election scheduled for April 11.

The organisation that Hasanly leads is one of two major opposition forces in Azerbaijan. On Monday, the office of President Ilham Aliev issued a decree bringing forward the date of the election, which had previously been scheduled for Oct. 17.

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