Government in Uzbekistan
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UZBEKISTAN, 2017/08/26
The Senate (upper home) of the Uzbek Parliament approved the law “On the authorized representative (ombudsman) for the protection of rights and legal interests of business entities under the country’s president” at a plenary session on August 24, according to the data service of the Senate.
It was before reported that in May 2017, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev by his decree established an institution of the business ombudsman and instructed his apparatus to draft the relevant law together with the interested ministries and institutions.
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UZBEKISTAN, 2016/09/23
Uzbekistan is preparing for an early presidential election scheduled for December 4.
The country made a decision to go to elections next the recent death of President Islam Karimov, who led Uzbekistan for 25 years.
Four political parties operating in the country have decided on their presidential candidates last week, the decision on the nomination of which will be submitted for approval to the Congress.
Four political parties in the country have the right to nominate a presidential candidate.
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UZBEKISTAN, 2016/09/04
Uzbek President Islam Karimov died Friday at the age of 78 next being hospitalized following a stroke on Aug. 27, the Uzbek government confirmed.
His funeral will be held on Saturday in the historic town of Samarkand, where he was born, a government statement said, adding that a three-day period of mourning would start on the same day.
Karimov, who had served as president of the newly independent republic since 1991, suffered a brain hemorrhage on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Uzbek government informed on its website that the late leader was taken to hospital for the need of a full medical examination.
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UZBEKISTAN, 2015/03/30
Azerbaijani delegation observing the presidential election in Uzbekistan didn’t register any violation of law during the voting, Aydin Abbasov, a member of the delegation, an Azerbaijani MP, has told Trend.
He said that currently the Azerbaijani delegation is at the polling stations in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
“We are continuously observing the election,” said Abbasov. “I can tell in all sincerity that the election is organized at a very high level, in line with the laws.”
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UZBEKISTAN, 2015/03/06
Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and Tana de Zulueta, the chief of the limited election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) discussed the relevant issues of cooperation in preparing and holding the presidential election.
The sides said that the pre-election campaign, which has entered into the active phase, is being held under the conditions of democratic renewal and liberalization, political stability and economic development, interreligious and international peace and harmony in the country, according to the ministry’s statement.
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UZBEKISTAN, 2014/12/21
An observer mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation began its activity as part of monitoring the parliamentary election in Uzbekistan, the Uzbek CEC told Trend.
The mission is headed by Ali Abolhassani, Director of the OIC Department of Political Affairs. The mission includes the representatives of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan and other nations.
The OIC has been monitoring the election in member-states since 2006. The OIC mission observed the election in Azerbaijan, Algeria, Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia and other nations from 2006 to 2014, inclunding in Uzbekistan in 2009.
The election to the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (lower home of the Uzbek parliament) is to take place on December 21.
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UZBEKISTAN, 2014/12/18
Uzbekistan is ready to hold elections to the legislative chamber of the parliament on December 21, said Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov, the Chairman of Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission (CEC), on December 17.
He made the remarks at a briefing for the diplomatic corps, representatives of international organizations accredited as observers, and the media.
“The activity program for preparation and holding of elections, adopted in May, allowed organizing all electoral process at a high democracy level, to provide conditions for full realization of the citizens’ electoral rights and the active participation of political parties in the formation of public bodies,” he said.
He said some 135 constituencies, for an average of 154,000 voters in one district, have been created.
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UZBEKISTAN, 2010/09/02
