DUSHANBE, March 4, 2011, Asia-Plus — Rustam Emomali should vacate his seat in the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) after being appointed to a senior position within the State Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, the source at the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) said.
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.
The chairperson of the Dushanbe electoral commission, Ms. Husnoro Mirzoyeva, says the issue of termination of powers of member of the Dushanbe legislature Rustam Emomali should be considered at the next session of the legislature.
We will recall that 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.
A Tajik National University graduate, Rustam Emomali, who is 25, previously served as head of the small and medium-sized enterprise development support department within the State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management.
He was elected a member of the Dushanbe city council in 2010.
In 2009, Rustam Emomali was elected a deputy chairman of the League of Tajik Youth. Rustam Emomali is also deputy head of Tajikistan’s Football Federation. In the recent past, he played soccer for Tajikistan”s Istiqlol club.
Rustam Emomali is married with one daughter.
