QURGHON TEPPA, May 18, 2010, Asia-Plus — The Khatlon prosecutor’s office has completed an investigation of a case of ex-candidate to parliament from the Vakhsh district, Sayvali Nourov, who is former administrator in the Vakhsh district, and the case has moved for consideration to the Khatlon regional court, Asia-Plus has leaned from Mirzorahmat Qalandarov, an official with the Khatlon prosecutor’s office.
According to him, Nourov faces charges of hooliganism (Article 237, Part 2 of Tajikistan’s Penal Code), preventing exercise of rights and activities of electoral commissions (Article 150, Part 2) and inflicting slight bodily injuries (Article 112) after assaulting an election official on election day, February 28, 2010.
We will recall that Tolib Khoujanazarov, the head of the electoral commission for polling station # 20 in the Vakhsh district, told Asia-Plus on March 1 that Nourov assaulted him on February 28 in front of several people after he let an elderly man cast a ballot on behalf of his sick wife.
Nourov confirmed that he saw the old man vote more than once and reported it as a violation of election rules. But he denied punching Khoujanazarov.
The prosecutor’s office instituted criminal proceedings against Nourov on March 17, 2010.
