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Electoral/Political Party Reform – 1999

The electoral reforms specified in the accord were fully implemented (de jure). In August 1999, the Supreme Court lifted the ban on UTO member parties that had been in effect since 1993.¹ In June 1999, Tajikistan’s parliament, the Majlisi Oli, adopted the amendments to the constitution prepared by the CNR.² In September 1999, the constitutional amendments were adopted through a public referendum and passed with 72 percent of the vote.³

1. Rashid Abdullo, (2001). “Implementation of the 1997 General Agreement: Success, Dilemmas, and Challenges,” in Politics of Compromise: the Tajikistan Peace Process, eds. K. Abdullaev and C. Barnes (London: Conciliation Resources, 2001), Accord 10: 48—53.
2. Rahmatillo Zoir and Scott Newton, “Constitutional and Legislative Reform,” in Politics of Compromise: the Tajikistan Peace Process, eds. K. Abdullaev and C. Barnes, (London: Conciliation Resources, 2001), Accord 10:54-59.
3. “Chronology,” in Politics of Compromise: the Tajikistan Peace Process, eds. K. Abdullaev and C. Barnes (London: Conciliation Resources, 2001), Accord 10: 82-87.