Tajikistan eyes law paving way to Rakhmon’s lifelong presidency
The Tajik parliament has passed amendments to the Constitution allowing the incumbent Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to be elected unlimited number of times, RIA Novosti reported.
The amendments to the Constitution envisage a decrease in the age limit of the presidential candidates from 35 to 30 years old.
According to the amendments, the Council of Justice will be also abolished. The changes also envisage a ban on the establishment of political parties of a religious nature. The lower house of the parliament submitted the adopted bill to the Constitutional Court. Afterwards, the date of the national referendum will be scheduled to adopt these changes.
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