DUSHANBE, February 3, 2015, Asia-Plus — The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) yesterday considered the issue of an official registration of parliamentary candidates included by the Social-Democratic Party (SDP) in its party list.
“22 candidates were included in the SDP list and only 13 of them have been registered with the Commission”, Abdumannon Dodozoda, the head of the CCER’s office, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
“The Commission has removed Fayzinisso Vohidova, Hojimuhammad Umarov, Alim Sherzamonov, Shuhrat Qudratov, Bakhtiyor Nasrulloyev, Rahim Rahimov, Muazamma Kurayeva and Saidabror Davlatov from the candidates list at the request of the SDP itself,” Dodozoda said, noting that Firdavs Sohibnazarov was earlier removed from the candidates list on the basis of a letter from the Prosecutor-General”s Office.
“Firdavs Sohibnazarov is suspected of large-scale embezzlement and money laundering. These charges were officially brought against on January 23, 2015” Dodozoda added.
Founded in 2002, the Social-Democratic Party was registered on December 20, 2002. It was originally registered as the Party of Justice and Development on February 5, 1999. Tajikistan”s Ministry of Justice requested the same year that the Supreme Court ban the party”s activities and its registration was canceled. The party re-emerged and was registered under the name of the Social-Democratic Party in late 2002. Chairman of the Social-Democratic Party is Rahmatillo Zoyirov and the party reportedly has more than 8,000 members.
