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POLITICS
Parviz MULLOJANOV
Parviz Mullojanov, Director of the Public Committee for Assisting the Democratic Processes in Tajikistan (Dushanbe, Tajikistan)
Certain political events of 2005 will echo for at least ten more years; they will affect the country’s social, economic, and political development.
I have in mind, first and foremost, the Majlisi Oli (parliamentary) election of 27 February, 2005. Six political organizations officially registered with the Ministry of Justice contended for seats: the National-Democratic Party (NDPT), the party in power with the absolute majority in the previous convocation, the Communist Party (CPT), the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), the Democratic Party (DPT), the Social-Democratic Party (SDPT), and the Socialist Party (SPT). It was expected that the NDPT, which wielded considerable administrative resources, the CPT, as the most weathered party with a large following, and the IRPT, which had scored considerable organizational victories, would be the main contenders. Without a leader, the Democratic Party was considerably weakened. The Socialist Party split into two, only one of the new factions being allowed to run. For want of money and time, the SDPT had little chance of obtaining more than a couple of seats. As a result, the NDPT received 74.9 percent; the CPT, 13.64 percent; the IRPT, 8.94 percent; the DPT, 1.17 percent; the SDPT, 0.5 percent; and the SPT, 0.3 percent. It turned out that 0.34 percent of the ballot papers were invalid; and 0.2 percent voted against all the parties.
At first glance, reality looked very similar to the forecasts: the NDPT received about 84 percent of the seats, the CPT, 4 seats; and the IRPT, 2 seats. The NDPT scored a convincing victory since it not only preserved its domination in the parliament, but also obtained more seats. The deputies of the other two parties could not even unite into a faction—there were too few of them. Thus, their presence in the legislature was purely nominal. In view of……………….
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