BAKU. – Domestic political situation in Azerbaijan is getting tenser in connection with the country’s presidential elections to be held in 2013, and the next candidate’s issue is actively discussed, Azadliq newspaper of Azerbaijan writes, presenting new details on the meeting which the Nakhijevan clan recently held in Gabala.   

The clan’s key representatives examined the matter of replacing current president Ilham Aliyev and choosing a convenient candidate. “If [Ilham Aliyev’s wife] Mehriban Aliyeva becomes president, this would have disastrous consequences for the Nakhijevan clan,” the newspaper writes. That is why the Nakhijevan “troika” is looking for an alternative to Ilham Aliyev, and the most likely candidate from among them seems Kamaladdin Heydarov, the Minister of Emergency Situations.

“So, it will also become clear soon as to how Ilham Aliyev will deal with these problems. And when that happens, the Minister of Emergency Situations could find himself in a difficult situation,” Azadliq concludes.