Whiling away the final hours before his 4 am flight out of Tajikistan in a pleasant enough nightclub in Dushanbe after a heavy few days of referendum monitoring, Lord Venal borrowed a piece of paper to note down the phone numbers of some very helpful ladies who might be of assistance next time he is on a monitoring visit. Only later did his assistant translate what was on the other side, and it appears to be the first page of minutes of a cabinet meeting on the day after the referendum. Lord Venal cannot vouch for its authenticity, but readers might find it rather charming.
Secret
REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
23 May 2016
Special Cabinet meeting to review preliminary results of 22 May 2016 referendum
Chair: President of the Republic
Present: Prime Minister and deputies, Interior Minister, Justice Minister, Defence Minister, Chairman of National Security Committee, Chief of Anti-Corruption Agency, Chief of Staff
President: Thank you for rushing here today – I know the whole cabinet could not make it. I think we can say that the referendum yesterday went very well. I was touched by the extent of the people’s support.
Chief of Staff: Yes, well done Dad.
Chief of Anti-Corruption Agency: Yes Dad, that was a good bit of work.
President: Now don’t you start getting ideas. I’m still going to be fit and healthy in 2020.
Chief of Staff: You tell him – I remember when he was born. What if I put all those photos of him up on Instagram? That would stop any chances he ever thought he’d have.
Chief of Anti-Corruption Agency: Look that’s not fair. And you used to boss me around when Mum wasn’t looking.
President: Look, kids, calm down. It was only a referendum. We can have them any time we want. But what we need to do now [text cuts off here]
Kazaxia 
great post