DUSHANBE, July 4, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- The Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT) is making preparations for the 29th congress scheduled for July 9.

CPT leader Shodi Shabdolov, who is also member of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), says the congress will review the results of five-year’s work of the party and elect new management of the party.

“The party activists from all regions of the country will attend the congress,” said Shabdolov, “Representatives of international Communist movement and Communist parties of other countries have not been invited to the congress due to our financial problems.”

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Tajikistan now has 40,000 members.  The party was reregistered in 1991 and Shodi Shabdolov has been unchallenged leader of the CPT since 1991.