Democratic Party of Turkmenistan

...fraudulent and attempting to give an appearance of legitimacy to what is in reality a dictatorship. The only legal party is the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. The DTP currently holds all 2507 seats in the country's highest...

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...held December 2008). Election results: Mejlis - DPT 100%; seats by party - DPT 50; note - all 50 elected officials are members of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and are preapproved by President Niyazov. In late 2003 a new law was...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Ruhnama, Owezgeldi Atayew, Politics of Turkmenistan, and Soviet Union

...constitution, was swiftly arrested and sentenced to five years in jail. In February 2007 Berdymukhamedov nominally faced five other Democratic Party of Turkmenistan candidates. But elections board chairman Kariyev pledged to "do everything...

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...fraudulent and attempting to give an appearance of legitimacy to what is in reality a dictatorship. The only legal party is the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, though that may change after constitutional reforms enacted on 26...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, and Soviet Union

...on 26 September 2008. It was the first election since Turkmenistan's independence in which, theoretically, parties other than the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan are allowed to take part since the constitution no longer defines...

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...were hailed as steps towards democracy. But all 288 candidates stressed their support of the president: they were either members of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, launched by Niyazov, or were state-approved independents. The...

In this article: Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan, Democracy, and Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov

...in Turkmenistan. Government opponents have no foothold in politics. The vast majority of the 288 candidates represent the pro-presidential Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, with the rest drawn from state-approved civic groups. All appear to...

In this article: Democracy, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan, and Natural gas

...democratic reform, although only state-approved candidates were permitted to stand. Most of the candidates represented the ruling Democratic Party -- the only one registered in Turkmenistan -- and there were a handful of state-approved...

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...process. Almost all of the 288 candidates running for 125 seats in the parliament came either from Turkmenistan's sole political party, the Democratic Party, or state-affiliated organisations. All candidates were funded by the state as...

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...and government opponents have no foothold in politics. The overwhelming majority of the 288 candidates represent the pro-presidential Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, with the rest drawn mainly from state-approved civic groups. All...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Democracy, Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, Natural gas, and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe