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Field Set for Tajik Election, No Surprises
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Oct 10, 2020 12:04pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | The Diplomat |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 15, 2020 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With less than a month until election day, Rahmon stands prominently in a field of unsurprising candidates unlikely to rock the boat.
This week Tajik authorities officially registered five candidates for the upcoming presidential election set for October 11. There were no surprises.
Tajikistan’s Central Election Commission registered Rustam Latifzoda of the Agrarian Party; Abduhalim Ghafforov of the Socialist Party; Miroj Abdulloev of the Communist Party; Rustam Rahmatzoda of the Party of Economic Reforms; and President Emomali Rahmon of the People’s Democratic Party.
The commission has not yet decided on the Democratic Party’s Saidjafar Usmonzoda and it has decided against Faromuz Irgashev, a 30-year-old lawyer from Khorog. The commission says he did not submit the required documents by the deadline.
Per Tajik law, in order to register for a presidential election a candidate has to collect the signatures of at least 5 percent of the electorate. According to Asia Plus, an independent Tajik news outlet, that figure rests at 245,100. That’s a significant hurdle for any new or independent candidates. |
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