Mourning events over Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov concentrated in Djalka

The main mourning events announced in Chechnya in connection with the death of Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov, the Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic, are held in the house of his family in the village of Djalka, Gudermes District. The issue of a new parliament speaker remains open.

On June 29 it became known that Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov, who was twice elected Speaker of the Chechen Parliament – on October 30, 2008, and September 26, 2013, died at his 59th year after a long illness. The head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov announced three days of mourning in the republic – from June 29 to July 1.

Over the past two days, at funerals and the tomb of the Speaker of the Parliament were visited by thousands of people, a source from the office of the head and the government of the republic told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Delegations from regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and neighbouring countries came to pay tribute to the deceased leader of the parliament.

In 2000, Abdurakhmanov joined the Chechen government and took the post of the Minister of Agriculture. In 2005 he was elected an MP, and then – the Speaker of the Chechen parliament, where he worked for 10 years.

A source from the parliament did not rule out that Salman Zakriev, first deputy speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic, may become the new Speaker.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.