DUSHANBE , January 4, Asia -Plus - Letter by leader of Tajikistan ’s Islamic Revival Party (IRPT), Said Abdullo Nuri, in response to statement of Dushanbe Vodokanal (DVK – Dushanbe water supply system) has not satisfied the DVK leadership, according to information from the DVK press service.  

Akobir Ashurov, a spokesman for the DVK, has told Asia-Plus that on December 31, they received e-mail from Mr. Nuri, in which he notes that he has been misunderstood.  The letter runs that when he was saying about corruption in the area of the Dushanbe water supply system he did not mean the DVK concretely, according to Ashurov. 

            As it had been reported earlier, the DVK head, Behruz Safarov, on December 29 told journalists in Dushanbe that they intended to file suit against the IRPT leader for libel.  According to him, he is going to do this after Said Abdullo Nuri’s interview with the newspaper “Millat” (#17, December 22, 2005 ) allegedly defamed the DVK administration.  “In this interview, the IRPT leader veiledly accuses the DVK administration of corruption,” Safarov said, adding that Nuri did not produce any evidence to support his accusations.

Ashurov says that in his letter, Nuri did not apologize to the DVK leadership.  “Now our director will apply to court to prove his case,” he said, adding that it will happen in near future.  

In the meantime, when Asia-Plus has applied for comments to the IRPT representatives, they just said that they have already been informed of the DVK leadership’s intention to file suit against their leader.  However, they refrained from giving any comments pleading absence of the party’s spokesman.