Head of the organization of the ruling People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT) in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has been replaced.
A meeting of the regional executive committee of the PDPT’s organization in GBAO has been held in Khorog, the capital of GBAO.
GBAO governor, Mr. Yodgor Faizov, and deputy chairperson of the PDPT, Ms. Khairnisso Yusufi, attended the meeting.
According to the PDPT press center, Rustam Felaliyev was appointed to head the PDPT organization in GBAO replacing Jonibek Ghozibekov, who was reportedly relieved of that post in connection with transfer to another job.
The PDPT is the only political party in Tajikistan that has its offices in Dushanbe and in a number of cities and districts of the country.
The party now has its offices in eighteen cities and districts across the country. In some districts, the party rents buildings for its district organizations.
The PDPT organizing committee was established in 1993, and the party itself was established on December 10, 1994. Until April 1998, it was called the People's Party of Tajikistan.
The party stands for a secular state and society (secularism).
The People’s Democratic Party is the largest political party in Tajikistan, boasting more than 500,000 registered members. President Emomali Rahmon is chairman of the party.
The party has its branches in all regions and largest settlements of Tajikistan. The youth wing of the party is called the Sozandagoni Vatan (Creators of the Motherland).
At the latest legislative elections that took place on March 1, 2020, the PDPT won 65.4 percent of the vote and 51 out of 63 seats. At the previous parliamentary elections, March 1, 2015, the ruling party won 65.4 percent of the vote and 51 out of 63 seats. At the legislative elections that took place on February 28, 2010, the PDPT won 71.69% of the popular vote and 45 out of 63 seats. At the parliamentary elections that took place on February 27, 2005, the PDPT won 74% of the popular vote and 52 out of 63 seats (74 percent of the popular vote). This was an increase from the 2000 elections, in which they won 64.9% of the vote and 38 seats.
