A rally by opposition parties was broken up.Tajik security agents break up small opposition rally International Herald-Tribune, 4 November 2006 According to the BBC,Q&A: Tajik election BBC News, 3 November 2006 none of the four candidates opposing Rahmonov have publicly criticised him, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has said that "[n]o signs of a competitive campaign have been observed thus far".War-weary Tajikistan, Central Asia's poorest nation, to vote in presidential election International Herald-Tribune, 3 November 2006
