The Central Election Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (CEC) announced Monday that President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with over 87 p.c of the vote. The vote got here shortly after Uzbekistan’s new structure went into impact in Might. Beneath the earlier structure, Mirziyoyey would have been barred from holding workplace once more.
The CEC, in a gathering with election observers from China, Russia and Turkmenistan, stated the election was carried out in “accordance with the legislation and democratic rules.” Representatives from each China and Russia praised the CEC for organizing the election in a short while interval. Russia’s consultant emphasised the excessive stage of citizen participation with voters “forged[ing] their ballots freely.”
Conversely, the Group for Safety and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) criticized the elections. The well-respected election observer group issued a statement saying that the “election was technically well-prepared however passed off in a political atmosphere missing real competitors.” The closest competitor secured simply 4.5 p.c. OSCE additionally too concern with Mirziyoyev’s actions main as much as the elections. The group acknowledged the “introduction of social measures, legislated by presidential decrees, and bulletins of recent tasks and social profit plans offered an undue benefit of incumbency and blurred the separation between State and social gathering.”
The snap election was known as shortly after a brand new constitution went into impact in Might. Beneath the not too long ago authorised structure’s Article 106, the president’s time period elevated from 5 to seven years. Nonetheless, the president continues to be restricted to not more than two consecutive phrases. Mirziyoyev was first elected in 2016 was in the midst of his second five-year time period. Regardless of this, he was nonetheless permitted to run. First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Oliy Majlis, Sodiq Safoyev, acknowledged in an interview with Kun.uz that the brand new time period limits “present a possibility for all residents, together with our present President, to take part within the elections.”
With Mirziyoyev’s re-election and lack of organized opposition, his position as president may doubtlessly prolong to 2037. Nevertheless, Safoyev acknowledged, “Mirziyoyev, isn’t a politician who clings to energy.”
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