DUSHANBE, April 7, 2014, Asia-Plus – The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament discussed amendments proposed to the Constitutional Law “On the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency” at an April 7 meeting, presided over by its head, Shukurjon Zuhurov.
“Speaking at the meeting, Amirqul Azimov, the head of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Committee on Defense, Security and Public Order, noted that the amendments are aimed at eliminating orthographic shortcomings and bringing the law into compliance with the country’s law on weapons,” Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, said.
A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that announces that the country is in a state of emergency. This means that the government can suspend and/or change some functions of the executive, the legislative and or the judiciary during this period of time. It alerts citizens to change their normal behavior and orders government agencies to implement emergency plans. A government can declare a state of emergency during a time of natural or man-made disaster, during a period of civil unrest, or following a declaration of war or situation of international/internal armed conflict.
According to Tajikistan’s Constitutional Law “On the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency,” the state of emergency is a temporary measure announced in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan envisaging the special legal regime of functioning of the official bodies, self government bodies, industrial enterprises, offices and organizations and permitting temporary restriction of implementation of constitutional norms and freedoms of the citizens, as well as rights of the legal entities and inflicting additional duties on them.
The board also discussed bills offering amendments to the country’s laws on the armed forces of Tajikistan and defense as well as a draft law on Islamic banking.
The board also considered a number of agreements signed between Tajikistan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Sultonov said.
