Rahmon prepares for the anniversary of coming to power

The President of Tajikistan has traveled to the Sughd region to commemorate the anniversary of his coup against the national reconciliation government and his seizure of power in Tajikistan.

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According to official information, on the morning of November 13, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon arrived in the Sughd region to participate in the celebrations dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the 16th session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan.

On November 19 1992, Emomali Rahmon, as the chairman of the Kulob region government, was elected chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan through a vote by deputies, not in Dushanbe, but at the Arbob Palace in Khujand, after which he was granted the powers of the president of the country.

The 16th Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan officially began its work on November 26, 1992, and concluded on December 2. During this session, the then-President of Tajikistan Rahmon Nabiev and the chairman of the Supreme Council Akbarsho Iskandarov were dismissed from their positions.

From the very beginning, Rahmon Nabiev was not present at this session. Initially, they went to his home to obtain his consent to resign, but when they failed, he was brought in the next day. He ascended the podium three times but did not resign, and according to Habibullo Tabarov: “Finally, in the end, they read a paper as if he had submitted a statement agreeing to resign.”

After the session in Khujand, having obtained the position of chairman of the Supreme Council, Emomali Rahmon did not go directly to Dushanbe to consolidate his power but traveled to Uzbekistan to meet Islam Karimov.

On December 10 1992, a special forces battalion (equipped with armored vehicles and other weapons with direct assistance from Uzbekistan) led by the Minister of Internal Affairs, criminal authority Yakub Salimov, along with the “People’s Front of Tajikistan” units, entered Dushanbe and seized the capital.

At that time, in order to avoid destroying Dushanbe and prevent the death of the capital’s residents, the opposition forces retreated to the Kofarnihon area (now the city of Vahdat) and then to the Rasht Valley. Following this, a civil war began in Tajikistan and lasted for 5 years.

On the other hand, at that time in the center of Kurgan-Tyube region, particularly in the Vakhsh and Kolkhozabad districts (Jaloliddin Rumi), and later in the Kumsangir, Jilikul, Shahrituz, and Kubodiyon districts, fighting intensified between the “People’s Front” forces led by Emomali Rahmon, who was supported by the Russian 201st division, as well as the GRU special forces commanded by Colonel Kvachkov.

Emomali Rahmon, who came to power illegally, lost to Abdumalik Abdullojonov in the presidential elections in 1994. However, he retained his power by falsifying the election results, and in subsequent periods, he used the same illegal methods to maintain his power to this day. In fact, he has never won a presidential election.

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This article uses some information, facts, and figures from Wikipedia and the Radio Ozodi website.

Amrullohi Nizom, specially for Azda TV