23. Is there a ban on political parties engaging in commercial activities?

Article 14. Economic activity of political parties

Political parties in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan and their charters are idependent in making decisions in economic matters, in matters of remuneration to the employees of this party, the use of financial and material resources.

In order to create financial and material conditions for the realization of its statutory goals and rights enshrined in Article 10 of this Law, a political party has the right to establish enterprises and organizations in the manner established by the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The political party has the right to carry out the following types of entrepreneurial activity:

- information, advertising and publishing activities to promote their views and ideas, goals, objectives and publicize the results of their activities;

- production and sale of souvenirs with symbols and (or) the name of a political party;

- leasing out their movable and immovable property (except for money and securities);

The political party is not entitled to carry out entrepreneurial activities not specified in part three of this article. 

(Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Political Parties, 1998, available at http://base.mmk.tj/view_sanadhoview.php?showdetail=&sanadID=58, accessed January 2018).