Turkmenistan's President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov waves while walking before a ceremony to welcome Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in the capital Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, October 29, 2015. REUTERS/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool
ALMATY (Reuters) - People in Turkmenistan are to vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday, with a choice between three parties and some independents, but all the candidates are ultimately loyal to the gas-rich desert nation's leader, President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.
One of the candidates is the president's son, Serdar Berdymukhamedov, regarded by observers as a potential successor to the 60-year-old leader, who is referred to by local people as Arkadag, or Protector.
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