Azerbaijan's opposition called Thursday for the annulment of all results of weekend parliamentary elections and for a new vote, saying the balloting was marred by massive violations. The statement came after leaders of the main opposition coalition Azadliq, or Freedom, and other groups met to plot strategy a day after organizing a mass rally to protest the results of Sunday's elections in the oil-rich former Soviet republic. The opposition had earlier called for a new vote in four-fifths of the country's electoral districts. The government rejected that demand, but the Central Election Commission on Wednesday awarded a legislative seat to an opposition leader after a re-count _ suggesting it could try to defuse protests by granting a few more parliamentary seats to the opposition. The opposition also vowed Thursday to hold more rallies, after Wednesday's demonstration in the capital drew about 15,000 people, according to a report of the Associated Press.
