DUSHANBE, November 28, 2014, Asia-Plus – On Friday November 28, Bakhtiyor Khudoyorzoda, Head of President’s Executive Office, answered to an application of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri for help with holding IRP’s pre-election congress in one of large halls in Dushanbe.
Mahmoudjon Fayzrahmonov, a spokesman for the IRP, says that Khudoyorzoda noted that that tissue is not in competence of President’s Executive Office and suggested that the IRP should apply to the Dushanbe Mayor’s Office.
According to him, IRP leader applied to Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev on this issue on September 30 but they have not yet received reply from the Dushanbe mayor’s Office.
“More than 500 delegates from all regions of the country and some 200 guests will attend the congress that will determine the list of the party candidates for the 2015 parliamentary elections,” Fayzrahmonov said.
The Islamic Revival Party will nominate 20 candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections that will take place in late February next year.
Founded in October 1990, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan was registered on December 4, 1991. It was banned by the Supreme Court in June 1993 and legalized in August 1999. Its official newspaper is
Najot
(Salvation). According to some source, the IRP now has some 50,000 members. It won two seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections. The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan is the only Islamic party registered in CIS Central Asia. Current chairman of the IRP is Muhiddin Kabiri.
Women reportedly constitute more than 51 percent of the Islamic Revival Party members.
