The Socialist Party of Tajikistan (SPT) intends to win no less than ten seats in Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament and create its parliamentary faction.
“The SPT has begun preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections that are expected to take place in the country in early spring next year,” SPT leader Abduhalim Ghafforov, who is also member of the Majlisi Namoyandagon, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
“We plan to nominate at least fifteen our candidates to run for parliament in single-mandate constituencies and the same number of candidates will be put on our party list,” Ghafforov said.
Founded in 1993, the Socialist Party of Tajikistan was registered on August 6, 1996. The party is divided in two factions: the pro-government faction led by Abduhalim Ghafforov and the faction led by Mirhusein Narziyev that is not recognized. The party's founder, Safarali Kenjayev, was assassinated in Dushanbe in late March 1999. The party has not been able to regroup since Kenjayev's death.
