Compatriot Party
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The Compatriot Party is a political party
in Azerbaijan
and Kazakhstan
.
(November 5, 2000 and January 7, 2001), the party won 1 out of 125 seats.
According to the CIA
, the current leader of the party is Mais Safarli.
, and has been refused re-registration three times since January 2003 on the grounds of minor irregularities in membership signature lists and technical errors in the party’s statute. 87 The Ministry of Justice said that 250 of the party’s 59,000 membership signatures were of minors. This still left the party well beyond the 50,000 threshold. In 2003 they were also denied registration for the 2004 parliamentary elections for alleged violatation of Article 7 of the law on political parties, which prohibits ethnic, religious, or gender-based parties. Given the weakness of these pretexts, party chairman Gennadii Beliakov ascribed the rejection to the central government’s fears that the party would not be loyal to the president. He pointed out that: "…all the objections to our application are minor… [the government is] doing it deliberately to delay the registration process, it’s because we’re opposition, and because they don’t know whom we’ll support in the presidential elections, for now we support Nazarbaev, but maybe someone ‘cleaner’ will be required." As of March 2004 the party remained unregistered.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
and Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
.
Azerbaijan
At the last electionsElections in Azerbaijan
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(November 5, 2000 and January 7, 2001), the party won 1 out of 125 seats.
According to the CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
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, the current leader of the party is Mais Safarli.
Kazakhstan
The Compatriot Party advocates Kazakhstan’s integration with RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, and has been refused re-registration three times since January 2003 on the grounds of minor irregularities in membership signature lists and technical errors in the party’s statute. 87 The Ministry of Justice said that 250 of the party’s 59,000 membership signatures were of minors. This still left the party well beyond the 50,000 threshold. In 2003 they were also denied registration for the 2004 parliamentary elections for alleged violatation of Article 7 of the law on political parties, which prohibits ethnic, religious, or gender-based parties. Given the weakness of these pretexts, party chairman Gennadii Beliakov ascribed the rejection to the central government’s fears that the party would not be loyal to the president. He pointed out that: "…all the objections to our application are minor… [the government is] doing it deliberately to delay the registration process, it’s because we’re opposition, and because they don’t know whom we’ll support in the presidential elections, for now we support Nazarbaev, but maybe someone ‘cleaner’ will be required." As of March 2004 the party remained unregistered.