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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 12:19:51 EST
OSCE OFFICE HEAD FAILS TO PERSUADE AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION TO BEGIN ELECTION-LAW TALKS
Peter Burkhard, who heads the OSCE office in Baku, met on 10 February with representatives of the nine opposition parties aligned in the Opposition Coordinating Center (MKM) but failed to persuade them to participate in talks on the new draft election law together with representatives of all other political parties that garnered over 1 percent of the vote in the November 2000 parliamentary elections, Turan and zerkalo.az reported. The MKM continues to insist that a conciliatory commission first be established on which representatives of the opposition and authorities should be equally represented. The opposition also rejected as pointless the proposal that they meet in Strasbourg with representatives of the authorities to discuss the draft law. Azerbaijan National Independence Party Deputy Chairman Ilgar Mamedov pointed out that there is no guarantee that any consensus reached during such talks would be reflected in the final version of the law. LF
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