Tashken, Uzbekistan, December 2, 2016 – On December 4, the first presidential elections will be held first time in history the Republic of Uzbekistan since the sudden death of Islam Karimov on September 2nd this year. In power since 1991 when the country reclaimed its independence from the Soviet Union, Islam Karimov became the first and unique president since.
The Constitution of the Uzbek Republic specifies in articles 96, 117 and article 8 of the Electoral Law on Elections that political parties must present their candidates sixty-five days before the elections. A political campaign with Uzbek accent on reforms started immediately after in Tashken and then in every city. Today a big concentration has been announced in Bukhara, 300 kms from the capital.
” On the death of President Karimov on 2 September, in my capacity as President of the Central Electoral Commission, called for an extraordinary consultation with the members of the commission and we decided to call for early elections.” The president of that entity, Mirzo-Ulugbek, Abdusalomov, declared this morning during the conference organized to inform 400 international observers about all the details of the presidential elections at the Tashken
‘According to the Law on elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan the most important guarantees for adhering to and ensuring universally recognized international principles of electoral law are:
First, conducting transparent and open, free and genuine, fair elections (art. 5, Law); Second, organization and conduct of elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan by independent electoral commissions (art. 4, Law); Third, state financing the elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and electoral campaign of candidates (art. 6, Law); Fourth, state informational support to elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and pre-election agitation (chapter IV, Law); Fifth, participation in elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan by national, international and foreign observes (art. 5, Law); Sixth, appealing and responsibility for violation of legislation on elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (art.7, Law) and finally Seventh, taking non-discrimination measures (art. 2, Law).’
Tashken Convention Center.
Four parties will be represented on tomorrow´s Uzbek elections:
Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party, Founded 15 November 2003. To create new opportunities for entrepreneurs building democratic market economy. Creating new opportunities for development of civil societies. Mirziyoyev Shavkat Miromonovich
Uzbekistan People’s Democratic Party, was founded on 1st November, 1991. Social support to candidate Ketmonov Xotamjon
Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party, founded 20 June, 2008. To value and restore Uzbek culture, also trying to build links with other states in central Asia. Sarvar Otamurodov.
Justice, Social Democratic Party, founded on 18 January, 1995. Improving social life of citizens developing international relationship. Candidate Narimon Umarov.
Saidov Akmal Xolmatovich, first ambassador of Uzbekistan to France and one of the speakers during the conference mentioned that ‘the right to vote exists since the origins of the Republic of Uzbeksitan. Participation of NGO’s is 3%, 90,000 commission lection participants , every political party participates, having 9,398 polling centers ready for tomorrow´s elections.’
The elections
Last September the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan led by its Chairman Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov, organised a meeting with the heads of political parties and the mass media to officially determinate the date of the next presidential election.
After the death on September second of President Islam Karimov, first president of the Republic of Uzbekistan, four parties will present their candidates on December 4th. The contestants are Shavkat Mirziyoyev candidate from the Uzbekistan Liberal –Democratic Party, Sarvar Otamuratov from the Milly Tiklanish Democratic Party, Hatamjon Ketmonov from the Uzbekistan People’s Democratic Party and Narimon Umariv candidate of the Adolat Social Democratic Party.
The Chairman of the Commission said that the pre-electoral activities are carried out in strict accordance with the requirements of legislation. Furthermore the Commission invited many international organisations and medias among them Diplomat Magazine, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, CIS Executive Committee, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the World Association of World Election Bodies to participate as observers in the Presidential Elections
