DUSHANBE, November 4, 2013, Asia-Plus — The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament discussed the bill requiring amendments to the country’s law on national security bodies at a November 4 meeting, presided over by its head, Shukurjon Zuhurov.
“Speaking at the meeting, Amirqul Azimov, the head of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Committee on Defense and Public Order, noted that amendments proposed to the law are aimed at removing contradictions in the law and bringing it into compliance with other laws of the country,” Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, said.
The board also discussed the draft laws on combating organized crime and making amendments to the country’s laws on consumer rights and president’s symbols as well as the country’s penal code.
All these issues have been tabled to the agenda of the next sitting of the fifth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon that will take place on November 7, Sultonov said.
