Tajikistan has become a laughingstock for Arab social media

The Arab social network AJ+ in its recent analysis called Tajikistan under Emomali Rahmon “North Korea“ of Central Asia, referring to Rahmon as “the leader of the planet”.

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On Monday, the social network AJ+ published an analysis of the political situation in Tajikistan under the leadership of Emomali Rahmon. The video on YouTube garnered over 75,000 views at the time of this article’s publication.

The video report states that the British weekly The Economist in 2006 published an article titled “Tajikistan’s Iron Man,” criticizing the West for its silence on the violations of laws by Emomali Rahmon and the lack of transparency in presidential elections. The article notes that for the West, stability in Central Asia is more important than a democratic system.

In 2015, this weekly in another article noted that, since Tajikistan has the longest border with Afghanistan compared to other Central Asian states and the stability of this region is important for the West and America, these countries not only remain silent about Emomali Rahmon’s violations of democratic norms but also support him with large sums of money. Although they know that all these funds are embezzled by Emomali Rahmon and his relatives, they continue to assist him.

The report highlights that when Emomali Rahmon realized that stability in the region was a priority for Western countries and that they were not paying due attention to his affairs, he further consolidated his power. This led him to delve deeper into a dictatorial system, violating all points of the peace agreement with the opposition one after another, imprisoning opposition political figures, and ultimately banning and even declaring the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, the largest party after the ruling party, as a terrorist organization.

“Emomali Rahmon is accused of terrorizing opposition political figures both within Tajikistan and abroad,” the report states.

The authors of the report questioned why states that constantly fail in governance and economics, where rulers are dictators meddling in all minor and major affairs of the population, depriving them of freedom, face no political opposition.

In such countries, there is widespread poverty, and what is the point of boasting and holding ceremonial events, creating pyramids and mounds of vegetables and fruits at the presidential palace? Why do you think there are so many such examples and why do they keep repeating?