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06DUSHANBE666
2006-04-11 12:29:00
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Embassy Dushanbe
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TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY SPLIT IN TWO
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STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY SPLIT IN TWO
REF: 2005 DUSHANBE 1613
UNCLAS DUSHANBE 000666
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STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY SPLIT IN TWO
REF: 2005 DUSHANBE 1613
1. (SBU) Rahmatullo Valiev, Democratic Party of Tajikistan
(DPT) Deputy Chairman, told Embassy sources April 8 that he is
confident a new DPT faction, "Homeland" (Vatan) formed by Masud
Sobirov, will not supercede the DPT and may not have the support
necessary to be formally adopted. Sobirov created the new
faction out of dissatisfaction with the party's leadership. He
criticized the DPT for not operating properly under the party's
charter and pointed out that since Mahmadruzi Iskandarov is in
prison, the party should elect a new chairman. Although
Iskandarov is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for
allegedly organizing the attack of two government offices, he
remains, in name, the chairman of the DPT (reftel). According
to media reports, Sobirov said the party is not in touch with
constituents outside of Dushanbe and has failed to win seats in
the last two parliamentary elections.
2. (SBU) Valiev said that he is not worried the new faction
will win over the DPT. Valiev contacted regional party heads
and all have confirmed they will not support Sobirov. According
to DPT charter rules, Sobirov would need at least 10 percent of
the membership to support a new faction of the DPT.
3. (SBU) Valiev believes Sobirov is a government pawn and has
publicly suggested the government is behind the split. Embassy
sources say Azam Afzali, a former DPT member and current
official in the Ministry of Industry, attempted to split the
party in the early 1990's. Government officials, through the
Ministry of Industry and Afzali, may be financing Sobirov's new
faction. According to Valiev, Sobirov is a relatively unknown
party member. Many of the regional leaders he spoke with had
not even heard of him before.
4. (SBU) COMMENT: Valiev may make public statements and rant
about the "illegal" faction, but if the government is truly
behind the split, the new faction may end up being the segment
legally recognized by the Ministry of Justice, regardless of the
DPT's charter rules. A similar separation occurred within the
Socialist Party of Tajikistan (SPT),and Narziev, chairman of
the original branch of the SPT, insists the government was
behind the split. The move weakened the SPT tremendously, and
the aim of the DPT's new faction is the same. Because both
parties have few financial resources and membership is low, they
are now creating an alliance with the Socialist Democratic Party
of Tajikistan. END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY SPLIT IN TWO
REF: 2005 DUSHANBE 1613
1. (SBU) Rahmatullo Valiev, Democratic Party of Tajikistan
(DPT) Deputy Chairman, told Embassy sources April 8 that he is
confident a new DPT faction, "Homeland" (Vatan) formed by Masud
Sobirov, will not supercede the DPT and may not have the support
necessary to be formally adopted. Sobirov created the new
faction out of dissatisfaction with the party's leadership. He
criticized the DPT for not operating properly under the party's
charter and pointed out that since Mahmadruzi Iskandarov is in
prison, the party should elect a new chairman. Although
Iskandarov is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for
allegedly organizing the attack of two government offices, he
remains, in name, the chairman of the DPT (reftel). According
to media reports, Sobirov said the party is not in touch with
constituents outside of Dushanbe and has failed to win seats in
the last two parliamentary elections.
2. (SBU) Valiev said that he is not worried the new faction
will win over the DPT. Valiev contacted regional party heads
and all have confirmed they will not support Sobirov. According
to DPT charter rules, Sobirov would need at least 10 percent of
the membership to support a new faction of the DPT.
3. (SBU) Valiev believes Sobirov is a government pawn and has
publicly suggested the government is behind the split. Embassy
sources say Azam Afzali, a former DPT member and current
official in the Ministry of Industry, attempted to split the
party in the early 1990's. Government officials, through the
Ministry of Industry and Afzali, may be financing Sobirov's new
faction. According to Valiev, Sobirov is a relatively unknown
party member. Many of the regional leaders he spoke with had
not even heard of him before.
4. (SBU) COMMENT: Valiev may make public statements and rant
about the "illegal" faction, but if the government is truly
behind the split, the new faction may end up being the segment
legally recognized by the Ministry of Justice, regardless of the
DPT's charter rules. A similar separation occurred within the
Socialist Party of Tajikistan (SPT),and Narziev, chairman of
the original branch of the SPT, insists the government was
behind the split. The move weakened the SPT tremendously, and
the aim of the DPT's new faction is the same. Because both
parties have few financial resources and membership is low, they
are now creating an alliance with the Socialist Democratic Party
of Tajikistan. END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND