Tajik Workers' Post

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Established in the lead up to the 2013 Presidential Election as one of the first opposition papers, and the only widespread one the Workers’ Post is a staunch supporter of the Communist Party and opposed the near dictatorship of President Rahmon. It is based in the secondary city of Khujand where it distributes Persian media, across the nation various translations are offered in Tajik, Uzbek, Russian and other minority languages, major articles are as normal written in Russian the nation’s major trading and business language. Along with its newspaper it regularly distributes Propaganda opposed to the National Democracy Party and organised protests outside of the Palace of Unity, the Party’s stronghold in Dushanbe.

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2012-2015: Summary of Occurrences

Politically the rule of the nation was rarely threatened throughout the years since 2012, in the 2013 Presidential election Emomali Rahmon was safely elected for yet another tem which under the present constitution should be his last. In the 2015 General Election the National Democratic Party continued their dominance securing 55/65 seats in the Assembly of Representatives and thirty of the National Assembly seats. In opposition the ten lower house seats were divided with eight going to the Communist Party who increased their standing back to dominant opposition figures and two to the Islamic Renaissance Party who maintained their seats despite a slight reduction in votes. In the upper house three opposition seats went to independents with two to the Communists increasing their overall caucus to ten, one of which was Ismoil Talbakov the de facto party leader.

Economically the dominance of cotton and aluminium products remained high and the nation was impacted by reduced requirements from nations such as China hit but the reduced demand placed on them by the United States. Prime export partners Turkey and the Netherlands however grew strongly allowing such sustainability, continued stability in Iran another key partner was also essential. Other businesses were however able to develop boosted by the large scale return of previous expatriates fleeing violence in both Uzbekistan and Afghanistan who brought with them a variety of skills and trades useful to the Tajikistani economy.

Agriculture, still in predominantly public ownership, held strong and was boosted by additional requirements from Uzbekistan where continued violence had caused disruptions in their food supply. For similar reasons electricity exports were also high. The electricity was supplied through the vastly expanded network of hydropower plants funded through Iranian, Chinese and Russian investment, domestic energy was additionally supplemented by coal and natural gas.

Efforts to restart core industries were limited and factories maintain themselves at a limited capacity although domestic production of many basic goods such as clothing, bedding and furniture is now well under way reducing the reliance on China.

Overall the economic outlook was fairly good and the nation grew out of its 2008 slump allowing the Government to resume the development of infrastructure projects across the nation and to maintain a strong budget surplus.

In terms of foreign policy the strains in Uzbekistan and the removal of ISAF in Afghanistan posed the main threats leading to the decision to make widespread military upgrades and reforms better equipping the Army and Air Force to defend those two key border zones, the decision to make these expenditures was proven accurate when both neighbours descended into virtual civil war.

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[A poster distributed nationwide]

The Prime Minister Says He Will...

...maintain a STRONG ECONOMY...

...Yet today, the common man. A man of Tajikistani values. Will work TWICE AS LONG on the farms of our nation...

...For the SAME PAY as beforehand. And will get less for his Rubble as the inflation on the costs of FOOD, WATER and ELECTRICITY rise drastically...

YOU CANNOT TRUST THIS GOVERNMENT TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTS OF THE WORKING MAN

ONLY ONE PARTY REPRESENTS THE VIEWS OF THE TRUE BACKBONE OF TAJIKISTAN

THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF TAJIKISTANI

i know who i’m voting for, do you?

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Q2 2016: Gov’t Orders the Removal of Communist Propaganda

The recent line of publications by the Communist Party have been slandered nationwide with the Internal Affairs Ministry demanding that the Public Works Office commence the removal of the recent series of posters condemning the poor economic policies of this administration which are hindering the lives of all Tajikistani working men and women by denying them their livelihoods and condemning them to poverty.

This party will not stand idly by and allow our work to be destroyed by those in Dushanbe who know nothing of what the working man is putting up with. Our printing presses, manned by the best workers the workers the world knows – the Tajikistani man and woman, will continue to churn posters informing the public of the true implications of the current government and of the values that we, as a party and as Tajikistanis, stand for.

I urge all party members to report to their local chapter where supplies will be made available to repost this posters until the walls in every city and every town are covered in the true word of the voice of the nation of Tajikistan.

Only together can we stop this tyranny that will only continue to destroy our beloved nation.