Almaty: Uzbekistan Sunday’s vote in the congressional election, which in the absence of an opposition party is certain to produce a legislative body loyal to the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev Although there have been some changes in the program constitutional reform.
Mirziyoyev has led Central Asia’s most populous country since 2016, winning broad support through liberal economic reforms and an easing of his predecessor’s harsh restrictions on political, religious and media freedoms.
However, political power in the country of 37 million remains concentrated in Mirziyoyev’s hands, and parliament usually approves laws drafted by his cabinet.
The main change in the 2023 constitutional reform is a move to a mixed electoral system, in which only half of the 150 representatives are elected by vote political party.
The other 75 candidates will be elected individually, although they are all nominated by Uzbekistan’s five registered political parties, and none of them oppose Mirziyoyev.
One area where Uzbek parliamentary representatives have been more outspoken than government officials is the former Soviet republic’s relations with Russia.
For example, when Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed concern about an incident at a school in Uzbekistan last month, when a teacher beat a student who spoke Russian instead of Uzbek. The (National Renaissance) Party told Moscow to mind its own business.
Uzbekistan is close economic ties with russia and millions of people Uzbek migrant workers Work there to support your family back home.
But Tashkent has remained neutral Russia-Ukraine conflict and said it would comply with Western sanctions against Moscow.
