DUSHANBE, October 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Central Commission for Election and Referenda (CCER) will register three other presidential candidates today – Ismoil Talbakov, nominated by the Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT), Abduhalim Ghafforov, nominated by the Socialist Party of Tajikistan (SPT), and Saidjaffar Ismonov, nominated by the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT).

Yesterday, the CCER registered Emomali Rahmon (ruling People’s Democratic Party), Olimjon Boboyev (the Party of Economic Reforms), and Tolibbek Bukhoriyev (the Agrarian Party of Tajikistan).

Meanwhile, the process of collection of signatures to support presidential nominees is concluding today at 6:00 pm and the pre-election campaign staff of Oynihol Bobonzarova, who was nominated by the Islamic revival Party (IRP), should submit 210,000 signatures to the CCER by this time.