KHOROG, November 17, 2009, Asia-Plus — Our party does not prepare any surprise for the upcoming parliamentary elections and our election strategy is absolutely clear – to enter parliament, Rahmatillo Zoirov, the leader of the Social-Democratic Party (SDPT), told reporters in Khorog, the capital of Gorno Badakhshan on November 14.
On the appeal over the upcoming parliamentary elections made by the SDPT board to the President, Parliament, Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER), political parties and voters on November 7, Zoirov said that the SDPT’s proposals would promote holding of democratic and free elections in Tajikistan.
Asked about the reason for rescheduling the 2010 parliamentary elections, Mr. Zoirov said that they proposed to postpone the February elections until mid-April due to potential bad weather and severe energy shortages in February that are serious obstacles for the election campaign.
“In the future, we propose to hold parliamentary elections in the autumn, on November 6,” the SDPT leader noted.
Asked about practicability of proposals made by the SDPT board, Mr. Zoirov noted that there was still enough time until announcement of the elections and all those proposals were practicable.
