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    AZERI OPPOSITION LEADER CRITICIZES PRESIDENT'S REACTION TO MEDIA CRACKDOWN

    Turan News Agency
    Nov 30 2006

    Baku, 30 November: I believe that the attitude that [Azerbaijani
    President] Ilham Aliyev demonstrated to very serious issues was
    not serious, the first deputy chairman of the Democratic Party of
    Azerbaijan, Sardar Calaloglu, told Turan while commenting on Ilham
    Aliyev's statement on attacks on the free press.

    Calaloglu said that ANS did not consist only of people. He did not
    rule out that those people perhaps did make some mistakes in their
    work. He described the closure of the TV channel as unacceptable as
    it was an institution of society.

    "There are lots of shortcomings in the work of people working at the
    Cabinet of Ministers or the presidential administration. Should those
    agencies be closed down because of that?" Calaloglu said.

    Calaloglu said that the president's description of the eviction of
    Azadliq newspaper and Turan news agency from their building as a
    technical issue was not serious. He said that following this logic,
    the leaders [of the country] can give Karabakh to Armenians as "a
    technical issue". He said that the mass media and political parties are
    institutions of society and the authorities' disrespectful attitude
    to these agencies is a manifestation of disrespect for society as a
    whole. "In his statement, Ilham Aliyev did not display an adequate
    reaction to the serious developments that have taken place, which is a
    gross violation of the constitution," Calaloglu said while commenting
    on the president's statement.
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