Shodi Shabdolov, the former chairman of the Communist Party and a former member of the Tajik parliament, who sometimes strongly criticized the behavior of the authorities, died at the age of 80. He was the leader of the communists of Tajikistan for 25 years and a member of parliament four times.
Meraj Abdulloev, head of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, told Radio Ozodi that Shabdolov died on October 19 in Khorug. According to him, the former leader of the party “was sick for the last 7-8 months”.
The politician, who was sometimes called the “voice of the opposition” in the parliament and sometimes criticized for supporting the government, was the head of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1991 to the summer of 2016.
In July 2016, Shodi Shabdolov was removed from the party leadership at a meeting that he called a “coup”. From that time until the end, he avoided talking to the media or at least was not available for a conversation.
Shodi Shabdolov protested the results of the Tajik parliamentary elections in 2015, calling it a “farce”.
After leaving the parliament, Shabdolov said that the government was tired of him being in the parliament. “Because I will never say, ‘Long live, Your Highness,'” Shabdolov said.
In the same interview, he told Radio Ozodi that he “did not interfere in projects related to the government and the distribution of power” and only expressed his opinion on social issues. Opinions that, according to him, the authorities did not like.
“For example, the government, especially the president, said that we have achieved energy independence, but I told you not to say that, because it takes a long time to achieve energy independence, and it is correct to say only energy security. I said and I say that the government itself is to blame for the bankruptcy and indebtedness of “Barqi Tajik”. I, who say these words, “doesn’t care” for them, Shabdolov said.
Unlike many communists who changed their views in the public eye after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Shodi Shabdolov remained loyal to Marxist-Leninist ideas until the end and described many of the Soviet services for Tajikistan.
In 2019, in one of his last interviews, Shadi Shabdolov was dissatisfied with the economic situation of the country, or as he called it, the “substructure” of the country, and said that the government should “pay attention to the substructure, not to transfer all the properties here and there under any pretext.” share.”
Source : Радио Озоди