DUSHANBE, March 26, 2011, Asia-Plus — Rustam Emomali has vacated his seat in the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) after being appointed to a senior position within the State Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan.
Shavkat Saidov, a spokesman for the Dushanbe mayor’s office, says the session of the Dushanbe legislature that took place on March 25 made a decision on termination of powers of Rustam Emomali as member of the legislature in connection with his transfer to work with the customs service.
The customs service is a law enforcement agency and under the country’s law on elections to local councils, employees of law enforcement agencies may not be members of legislatures.
Rustam Emomali, the eldest son of President Emomali Rahmon, was appointed to head the Customs Service department to combat smuggling and violation of customs regulations, replacing Amirkhon Ibodov who retired. He was given the rank of the major of customs service. He was elected a member of the Dushanbe city council in 2010.
The session also took a decision on termination of powers of Homidullokhon Fakerov as member of the Dushanbe legislature in connection with his appointment as Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, the spokesman said.
