DUSHANBE, October 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- An official ceremony of registration of incumbent President Emomali Rahmon as candidate for the 2013 presidential election will take place at the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) at 12:00.

Since President Emomali Rahmon is currently on his working visit to the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), his certificate of candidacy for president will be handed over to the first deputy chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Safar Safarov, who is also the head of Rahmon’s pre-election campaign staff.

Rahmon’s campaign staff has noted that Tajik known poet Gulnazar Keldi, Associate Professor from the Kulob State University Khursand Azamov, Vice-Chancellor of the Khorog State University Nazri Ofaridayev, Principal of School # 23 in Rasht Azam Hasanov, poetess Mehriniso Bobobekova, head of Tajik Writers’ Union’s office in Sughd province Ahmadjon Rahmatzoda, Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences Abduvohid Shamolov, Professor Nodir Odilov, student from Tajik National University Mehrubon Mirzoyeva, Vice-Chancellor of Tajik National University Ashourboy Soliyev, Director of the Center for Islamic Studies under the President of Tajikistan Murodullo Davlatov, Associate Professor form Tajik National University Ilhom Homidov, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tajik National University Emomali Nasreddinov, and Director of the National Center for Legislation under the President of Tajikistan Mahmad Rahimov are authorized representatives of Emomali Rahmon.