After a long recess, the International Fund of Election Systems (IFES) resumes its work in Tajikistan. The first meeting of stakeholders took place on 6 June in Dushanbe.

The meting was attended by the chairman of Tajikistan’s commission on elections and referenda, Mirzoali Boltuev, the IFES expert of electoral rights in Tajikistan, Tegran Karapetyan, representatives of political parties and the media.

According to Tegran Karapetyan, the main goal of IFES is professional assistance in preparation and reforming the election system in Tajikistan. The idea of the project is to gather all stakeholders and jointly discuss possible changes in the national legislation.

Participants also discussed further tasks of the working group comprising representatives of Tajikistan’s political parties. Mr. Karapetyan stressed that the working group would appreciate the attendance of such meetings by the media.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service