Innovation in the “cult of personality”

The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, has abandoned his long-standing tradition of opening buildings with scissors and has switched to “blinds”.

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According to the official website of the President of Tajikistan, on September 22, as part of his working trip, President Emomali Rahmon inaugurated an administrative building of the jamoat in the village of Navobod in the Rasht district. The photo from the opening ceremony shows that instead of the traditional scissors he has used for many years to open new buildings, “blinds” are now being used.

For years, Emomali Rahmon has used scissors to cut the ribbon for the opening of private and state buildings, enterprises, and institutions, to the point that the people and opposition jokingly refer to scissors as the president’s companions on his working trips.

The construction of the two-story “open” building took two years, and the first stone for the foundation of this facility was laid in 2019 during a working trip to the Rasht Valley by Emomali Rahmon himself. The total area of the building is 620 square meters. The first floor of the administrative building includes a cafeteria, an assembly hall with 300 seats, and 2 working offices, while the second floor has 5 working offices.

During this working visit, Rahmon also opened a kindergarten, a restaurant, and other small buildings constructed by local entrepreneurs in the area.

Emomali Rahmon arrived in this region on September 18 of this year. The president’s working trip to the Rasht Valley continues.