From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 12:11:41 EDT
TWO UZBEK POLITICAL PARTIES MERGE
Leaders of two of Uzbekistan's five officially-registered non-opposition
political parties, Fidorkorlar and Vatan Tarakkieti,
announced at a joint congress in Tashkent on 14 April that
the two organizations will merge, Interfax reported. The new
party, which will be named Fidorkorlar, has an estimated
combined membership of 50,000 and a total of 54 parliament
deputies, making it the second largest parliamentary faction.
Its leader is Erkin Norbutaev. A working group has been set
up to draft the party's new program and statutes. LF
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