Azerbaijani Ruling Party Claims Increase In 'Young' Members, RFE/RL (2011)
Azerbaijan's Ruling Party Yeni Azerbaijan claims an increase in youth members of the party in 2010. The party claims to have 500.000 members in a country of 9.9 million populations, roughly 25% of which are under 18. Several state-sector employees have complained to RFE/RL that they were pressured to join the ruling party and pay monthly membership fees. Seventy-four of the 125 candidates elected in the November 7 parliamentary elections are YAP members, as are many of the 38 candidates who ran as "independents."
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