VOA Newscasts Listen live. Previous Next. October 25, AM. Associated Press. Despite the absence of significant competition, voter turnout was strong at More South and Central Asia Stories. The Day in Photos. November 11, Mirziyoev, 64, was facing four relatively low-visibility candidates plucked from government-loyal parties in what was a largely uncontested race.
Three opposition parties were not allowed to register or have candidates in the race, and a would-be independent challenger, academic Khidirnazar Allakulov, was effectively excluded from the race after failing to register a party that could nominate him. An international monitoring mission led by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE said on Monday that despite some movement in the ongoing reforms, the election was "not truly competitive" and denounced "a lack of genuine pluralism".
Uzbekistan's presidential election was not truly competitive, while significant procedural irregularities were noted on election day," the mission said in a statement. You can also track the status of a sent request using the code for checking the status of a request issued when sending a request. Search on site. Toggle navigation. President Events Documents Administration media library Contacts.
View A. I do not want to say some pompous words, but is a fact that we have witnessed positive changes in all sectors. Mirziyoyev has also lifted some restrictions on religious practices, reined in the powerful security services and oversaw a release of some political prisoners who had ended up behind bars due to Karimov's zero-tolerance approach towards dissent.
However, no genuine opposition parties have been registered so far and while bloggers and media can now criticise senior officials and raise sensitive issues, they never target the president himself.
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