"The rally of several youth organizations sanctioned by Baku Mayor’s Office has shown once more that the opposition parties in the country have no social basis," Head of the Political Analysis and Information Provision Department of the Presidential Administration Elnur Aslanov said.
According to Elnur Aslanov, for years the opposition organizations have claimed that there are "a lot of protesting voters" in Azerbaijan, but there is no suitable place for them to hold rally.
Elnur Aslanov said grounding their weakness by the lack of conditions to hold "numerous rallies", opposition parties attempted to prove to the foreign public that the right to freedom of assembly is not observed in Azerbaijan.
"Today’s rally has demonstrated the inconsistence of these statements. Firstly, the government has allotted venue for this and other rallies. Secondly, the security of the participants is ensured. Thirdly, the initiators of the rally had enough time to organize it. But despite the announcements on the social networks and internet, the opposition failed to bring together more than 250-200. This shows once more that modern Azerbaijani youth does not see the opposition parties as alternative to the authorities," he said.
According to Elnur Aslanov, for years the opposition organizations have claimed that there are "a lot of protesting voters" in Azerbaijan, but there is no suitable place for them to hold rally.
Elnur Aslanov said grounding their weakness by the lack of conditions to hold "numerous rallies", opposition parties attempted to prove to the foreign public that the right to freedom of assembly is not observed in Azerbaijan.
"Today’s rally has demonstrated the inconsistence of these statements. Firstly, the government has allotted venue for this and other rallies. Secondly, the security of the participants is ensured. Thirdly, the initiators of the rally had enough time to organize it. But despite the announcements on the social networks and internet, the opposition failed to bring together more than 250-200. This shows once more that modern Azerbaijani youth does not see the opposition parties as alternative to the authorities," he said.
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