DUSHANBE, December 15, 2014, Asia-Plus — The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan (APT) has done a big work this year on strengthening it ranks, APT activist Munim Abdusmatov told Asia-Plus today.
“This year, the party has established its primary organizations in the Kuhistoni Mastchoh and Jabborrasoulov district and carried out agitation work among rural residents of the country,” Abdusamatov said noting that the number of the party members has increased from some 30,000 people at the end of the last year to more than 49,000 people this month.
In the 2015 parliamentary elections, the Agrarian Party will put its hopes in rural residents, APT activist added.
The Agrarian Party will hold its 6th congress in Dushanbe on December 18. 210 delegates from all regions of the country are expected to attend the congress that will take place in the conference hall of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan (APT) is the brainchild of its first chairman Amir Qaraqulov. The first deputy head of the party, Rustam Latifzoda was elected acting chairman of the Agrarian Party in March this year after Amir Qaraqulov’s death.
The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan was registered with the Ministry of Justice in November 2005. Like the Party of Economic Reforms that was also registered with the Ministry of Justice in November 2005, the Agrarian Party is seen as a “pocket party.” In 2010, the APT won two seats in the Majlisi Namoyandagon.
The majority of APT”s members are farmers and peasants, but the upper echelon are agriculture specialists.
The AP has no clear ideological outline, and mainly focuses on the issue of agricultural production. The party advocates for a halt in export of raw materials from Tajikistan, and for the country to switch to the production and export of finished products.
