DUSHANBE, January 30, 2013, Asia-Plus — The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) has set up a special commission for presidential election preparations.
The chairman of the IRP department for elections heads the commission that has held its first meeting in Dushanbe recently.
The commission reportedly considered issues related to organization of short-term courses to train the IRP representatives for divisional election committees.
Representatives of the IRP department for elections last week studied preparedness of the party’s primary organizations in Hisor and Shahrinav districts for the country’s presidential election, set for November this year. They reportedly conducted consultations on preparation of the IRP members for the election.
According to IRP’s headquarters in Dushanbe, participation in the presidential election is one of the main tasks of the party for this year.
Founded in October 1990, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan was registered on December 4, 1991. It was banned by the Supreme Court in June 1993 and legalized in August 1999. Its official newspaper is
Najot
(Salvation). According to some sources, IRP now has more than 50,000 members. It won two seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections. The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan is the only Islamic party registered in CIS Central Asia.
