AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION PARTY ACCUSED OF PLANNING COUP
By empty (12/4/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
During the 3 December parliament session that endorsed the budget, deputy parliamentary speaker Ziyafet Askerov accused Ali Kerimli, chairman of the progressive wing of the divided Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, of planning a coup d\'etat in Azerbaijan following the same scenario as in Georgia and Ukraine. Askerov alleged that the Ukrainian opposition organization Pora is providing Kerimli with funds. Kerimli dismissed those accusations as \"serious,\" adding that Askerov and other members of the ruling Yeni Azerbaycan Party are worried because they have now realized that they \"cannot continue falsifying the outcome of elections forever.Visit also
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