Presidential election date disclosed in Turkmenistan

Wednesday, 19/10/2016 22:41
The Turkmen Parliament has scheduled the presidential election for February 12th next year, reported the Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary State News Agency (TDH).

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (Source: Getty Images)

The announcement comes a month after Turkmenistan passed constitutional changes that removed barriers to President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s lifelong rule.

State news agency TDH said that the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and the Agrarian Party would all present their own presidential candidates.

President Berdymukhammedov, 59, won elections by landslides in 2007 and 2012 after coming to power following the death of Sapurmurat Nivyazoy in late 2006.

Turkmenistan, one of the world's most tightly-controlled countries, has never held elections endorsed by credible international vote monitors./.
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