Why does Emomali Rahmon visit the Sughd region every November?

Emomali Rahmon has traveled to the city of Khujand in the Sughd region to mark the 31st anniversary of his rule in Tajikistan.

According to official information, on November 14 of this year, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon went to the city of Khujand in the Sughd region, where three decades ago he organized a coup against the Government of National Reconciliation and seized power.

In recent years, it has become customary for Emomali Rahmon’s visit to the Sughd region to be organized in November, thus ceremoniously marking the anniversary of the 16th session of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan, which was organized with the aim of overthrowing the Government of National Reconciliation.

The 16th session of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan took place from November 16 to December 2, 1992, at the Arbob Cultural Palace in the suburbs of Khujand. At this session, the then-President Rahmon Nabiev was forced to resign.

The Government of National Reconciliation was formed on May 14, 1992, in the city of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. At the 16th session of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan in Khujand, supporters of the “People’s Front” dissolved this government and seized power.

One of the decisions of the 16th session of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan noted that “the powers of the President are transferred to the Supreme Council, the Chairman of the Supreme Council, the Government, and partially to the Council of Ministers.”

At this session, Emomali Rahmon became the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan. After the session, it was expected that he would go to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. However, he went directly to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and then attacked Dushanbe with Uzbek tanks through the city of Tursunzoda (formerly Regar).

The program for Emomali Rahmon’s working visit to the Sughd region has not yet been officially announced. According to some unconfirmed reports, the president’s visit to the north of the country will last more than 4 days.

The Khujand mayor’s office, in cooperation with the regional chairman, prepared nearly 1,000 students over the course of more than a month to receive Emomali Rahmon, freeing them from attending classes. They participated in the ceremonial meeting with the president.

After the ceremonial meeting at Khujand International Airport, Emomali Rahmon went to the Bobojon Gafurov district and opened several schools, kindergartens, and other facilities.

Amrullohi Nizom, specially for Azda TV