An extraordinary congress of the Party of Economic Reforms of Tajikistan (PERT) will take place at the Russian-Tajik Slavic University (RTSU) in Dushanbe on July 20.
A member of this party, who wanted to remain unnamed, told Asia-Plus that the congress will hear the report of the party leaders on their annual and five-year activities.
Besides, the head of the party faction in the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) will report on the faction’s activities, the source said.
According to him, heads of the party’s organizations in the region will report on their activities.
The Party of Economic Reforms is one of seven political parties officially functioning in Tajikistan.
The Party of Economic Reforms (PERT; Tajik: Hizbi Islohoti Eqtisodi) is officially registered centrist party in Tajikistan. Formed by Olimjon Boboyev, the then Rector of the Institute of Transport, it was registered with the Ministry of Justice on November 9, 2005. The party reportedly united in its ranks mainly scientists-economists and young professionals working in various sectors of the economy and its aims are to reduce poverty, conduct proper privatizations, and attract foreign investment.
According to some source, the party now has 33,000 members.
At the presidential election in 2006, the party nominated Olimjon Boboyev. Boboyev took a sensational second place, collecting 190,148 (6.2%) votes. In 2013, at the presidential election in Tajikistan, the party again nominated the party leader, Olimjon Boboyev. He took fifth place, collecting 140,733 (3.91%) votes.
At the presidential elections in 2020, the party nominated Rustam Rahmatzoda, who has headed PERT since 2019. He took third place, collecting 90,918 (2.7%) of votes.
As far as the parliamentary elections are concerned, PERT participated in the parliamentary elections in February 2010. Following the elections, the party won 5.6% of the vote and entered the parliament, receiving the right to secure two seats.
In March 2015, PERT took part in the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan for the second time in its history. As a result of the elections, the party won 7.5% of the vote, taking third place, and entered the parliament of Tajikistan, receiving three seats.
In 2020, the Party of Economic Reforms won 16.6% of the vote and secured five seats in the parliamentary elections, including four seats won by the party list and one seat won in a single-mandate constituency.
