DUSHANBE, November 1, 2011, Asia-Plus — Representative of the Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan has been included in the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda of Tajikistan at the suggestion of the president, a well-informed source n the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) told Asia-Plus Tuesday afternoon.
According to him, the SDPT representative Jamshed Jamshedov has been included in the CCER. Mr. Jamshedov is a lawyer and he works at the Academy of Science of Tajikistan.
Besides, at the suggestion of the president, Nozimjon Nidoyev, Chancellor of Tajik Institute for Economics was elected deputy chairman of Tajikistan’s central electoral commission.
The CCER has fifteen members, including representatives of political parties and unaffiliated persons.
Founded in 2002, the Social-Democratic Party was registered on December 20, 2002. It was originally registered as the party of Justice and Development in 1999. Tajikistan”s Ministry of Justice requested the same year that the Supreme Court ban the party”s activities and its registration was canceled. The party re-emerged and was registered under its current name in late 2002. Chairman of the Social-Democratic Party is Rahmatillo Zoirov and the party reportedly now has some 5,000 members.
