DUSHANBE, November 25, 2014, Asia-Plus — The Social-Democratic Party (SDP) leader Rahmatillo Zoyirov will not lead the party list of candidates for the 2015 parliamentary elections due in late February next year, an official source at the SDP’s head office in Dushanbe told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, SDP leader is currently on a tour of the country to meet with the party activists, who will be included in the party list, and discuss preparations for the next congress of the party that will take place in Dushanbe on December 10.
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 the name of the Social-Democratic Party in late 2002. Chairman of the Social-Democratic Party is Rahmatillo Zoyirov and the party reportedly has 7,700 members.
