KULOB, November 20, Asia-Plus — Abdurahmon Azimov, the head of the defense, security and public order department of president’s office, nominated by ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) as its candidate for the parliamentary by-election in the Kulob region, today held the first meeting with voters.
Tajikistan’s Security Council Secretary Amirqul Azimov, who is representative of Abdurahmon Azimov, introduced the candidate to voters.
Abdurahmon Azimov, 57, graduated from the Faculty from the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at Kulob Teachers’ Training Institute. He has military rank of Lieutenant-General and had formerly been commander of Tajik border troops.
We will recall that after the Masoud Sobirov-run wing of the Democratic Party (DPT) failed to field its candidate in the parliamentary by-election in the Kulob constituency, the PDPT member will run in the by-election, scheduled for December 16, 2007, unopposed.
As it had been reported earlier, the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) has refused to field its candidate in a local parliamentary by-election in Kulob. The head of the IRPT organization for Kulob Muhammadsharif Nabiyev on October 25 stated the party’s decision to boycott the by-election if the party is not granted representation on local electoral commissions.
The by-election in Kulob is called following the death of Khumdin Sharipov, who
