The Socialist Party of Tajikistan (SPT) intends to nominate not less than eighteen candidates for parliament.
Socialists held their pre-election congress in Dushanbe on December 15 and Abduhalim Ghafforov was reelected as chairman of the part.
The congress also approved the list of candidates, who will run in parliamentary elections through the proportional representation (party list). SPT leader Abduhalim Ghafforov heads the party list, which includes eight persons.
Besides, ten SPT candidates run for parliament in single-mandate constituencies.
“We are determined to create our faction in the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament).” SPT leader told Asia-Plus in an interview.
Founded in 1993, the Socialist Party of Tajikistan was registered on August 6, 1996. The party is divided in two factions: the pro-government faction led by Abduhalim Ghafforov and the faction led by Mirhusein Narziyev that is not recognized. The party's founder, Safarali Kenjayev, was assassinated in Dushanbe in late March 1999. The party has not been able to regroup since Kenjayev's death.
