KULOB, May 22, Asia-Plus - A meeting of the Communist Party’s (CPT) organization for Kulob was held on May 20 to hear reports and elect new officials.

The meeting refused an application by Sharif Safarov, first secretary of the CPT organization in Kulob, for retirement for health reasons.  He was reelected first secretary of the CPT organization in Kulob for the next term.  

Delegates at the meeting also refused the application by another secretary of the CPT organization in Kulob Suhbatkhon Zokirov for retirement.   

Participants at the meeting harshly criticized improper activity of the CPT leadership on rotation of personnel.   

Besides, delegates participating in the meeting’s work noted that local authorities accepting members of the CPT for jobs obliged them to leave their party and join the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT). 

During the meeting it was noted that over the past several years, some 300 members of the CPT organization in Kulob had left the party and joined the ruling PDPT.  

At present the CPT organization in Kulob has some 10,000 members.  Of them, 1,500 have to date left Tajikistan for Russia in search of seasonal work.