DUSHANBE, February 7, 2013, Asia-Plus — Buzurgmehr Yorov, the defense lawyer of Muhiddin Kabiri, deputy of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), denounced the ruling handed down by a court in Dushanbe’s Sino district and appealed to the Dushanbe city court on February 7.
We will recall that the court in Dushanbe’s Sino district considered a lawsuit filed by the Dushanbe mayor’s office against MP Muhiddin Kabiri, who is also leader of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP), on January 29 and ruled Muhiddin Kabiri must apologize to the mayor’s office. Besides, the court has thrown out a counterclaim by Muhiddin Kabiri against the Dushanbe mayor’s office for 20 million somoni in damages.
Some local experts note that the case pitting the Dushanbe mayor’s office against Muhiddin Kabiri has given an opportunity to see to what an extent Tajik judicial bodies are really independent
As it had been reported earlier, speaking at an October 10 sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon, MP Kabiri raised the issue of cutting down trees in the capital city. Kabiri noted that practically nobody paid attention to the problem of cutting down trees in Dushanbe that is affecting the ecosystem in the city. “Reinforced concrete buildings are being constructed in places of alleys and public gardens in Dushanbe,” the parliamentarian noted.
The Dushanbe mayor’s did not agree with criticism of the parliamentarian and demanded public apology.
For his part, Muhiddin Kabiri filed a lawsuit against the Dushanbe mayor’s office asking for 20 million somoni in damages.
