DUSHANBE, June 16, Asia-Plus -- The Social-Democratic Party (SDPT) is holding a congress today to hear reports and elect new officials of the party.  

The SDPT leader Rahmatillo Zoirov told Asia-Plus that the congress will elect the party’s board and hear the report of the party’s Political Council on work carried out over the past several years, etc.  According to him, the congress is expected to be “hot”.

In the meantime, many members of the party do not question Rahmatillo Zoirov’s being re-elected leader of the party.  

The Social-Democratic Party was founded n 2002 and registered on December 20, 2002.  Rahmatillo Zoirov is chairman of the party.  

The SDPT was originally as the Party of Justice and Development in 1999.  Tajikistan’s Ministry of Justice requested that same year that the Supreme Court ban the party’s activities and its registration was canceled.  The party re-emerged and was registered under its current name in late 2002. 

The SDPT is in constructive opposition to the government.