DUSHANBE, April 8, 2014, Asia-Plus – This year, President Emomali Rahmon is expected to address a joint meeting of both chambers of the parliament on April 23.
According to the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament) press center, the Majlisi Milli Speaker Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev today signed a resolution on convoking a joint meeting of the Majlisi Milli and the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) on April 23.
Usually, in an address to the parliament, the president discusses the country’s priorities in domestic politics and foreign policy as well as the main economic challenges.
Last year, the president touched upon issues related to raising the livelihood of the population. He, in particular, noted on April 26, 2013 that some 30 billion somoni, including more than 12 billion somoni of budgetary funds, will be spent within the next three years for improvement of the population’s wellbeing.
The president also noted last year that the poverty rate in the country fell from 81 percent in 1999 to 39 percent in 2012. “The government predicts that the poverty rate will drop to 30 percent at the beginning of the next year, President Rahmon said on April 26, 2013.
“In 2020, Tajikistan’s GDP growth will increase by 80 percent as compared with this year and the country’s population will exceed 10 million,” the president said, adding that the rates of wages, pensions, allowances and student grants will triple in 2020 as compared with 2013.
Last year, President Rahmon also called for improvement of the level of education in the country. He also called on the government and the parliament to intensify their work with civil society.
