Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Uzbek A presidential election was voted on Sunday in what is expected to be a landslide victory against weak competition.
Although Shaukat Mirziyoyev Having relaxed many of the policies of his dictatorial predecessor, he has made little effort for political reform.
Mirziyoyev, who took office in 2016 after Islam’s death karimov, faces four relatively low-visibility candidates who didn’t even appear on television for debate, instead sending behind proxies who failed to engage in substantial discussions. Independent candidates were not allowed.
“Other candidates talk about intangible things like strengthening Social Security, but they don’t give any details. They don’t have a real program and they don’t need to because they know who will win,” said political analyst Akhmed Rahmonov.
The only Mirziyoyev challenger to receive significant notice in the campaign was Alisher Kodyrov, with his proposal that Uzbeks working outside the country should pay taxes in Uzbekistan, a widely unpopular idea for large segments of the population who live abroad. Depends on remittances from family members.
Mirziyoyev openly disagreed with the proposal, and some observers suggested that Kodyrov, whose party is in alliance with Mirziyoyev in parliament, created it to channel existing votes.
Under Mirziyoyev, freedom of speech has expanded compared to the repression of the Karimov era, and some independent news media and bloggers have emerged. He eased the tight controls on Islam in a predominantly Muslim country, which Karimov had imposed to counter dissenting views.
They also took control of hard currency, encouraged investment from abroad, and went on to mend sour foreign relations under Karimov.
“Mirziyoyev improves relations with world players such as Russia, China and the West, while also resolving conflicts with neighbors, including establishing peaceful dialogue with Afghanistan,” he said. Andrey Kazantsev Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations K.
Uzbekistan and Afghanistan share a 144-kilometre (89 mi) border, and Uzbekistan is constantly concerned that the conflict could spread. The former Soviet republic’s foreign minister became the first foreign official to visit Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country in August.
Although Shaukat Mirziyoyev Having relaxed many of the policies of his dictatorial predecessor, he has made little effort for political reform.
Mirziyoyev, who took office in 2016 after Islam’s death karimov, faces four relatively low-visibility candidates who didn’t even appear on television for debate, instead sending behind proxies who failed to engage in substantial discussions. Independent candidates were not allowed.
“Other candidates talk about intangible things like strengthening Social Security, but they don’t give any details. They don’t have a real program and they don’t need to because they know who will win,” said political analyst Akhmed Rahmonov.
The only Mirziyoyev challenger to receive significant notice in the campaign was Alisher Kodyrov, with his proposal that Uzbeks working outside the country should pay taxes in Uzbekistan, a widely unpopular idea for large segments of the population who live abroad. Depends on remittances from family members.
Mirziyoyev openly disagreed with the proposal, and some observers suggested that Kodyrov, whose party is in alliance with Mirziyoyev in parliament, created it to channel existing votes.
Under Mirziyoyev, freedom of speech has expanded compared to the repression of the Karimov era, and some independent news media and bloggers have emerged. He eased the tight controls on Islam in a predominantly Muslim country, which Karimov had imposed to counter dissenting views.
They also took control of hard currency, encouraged investment from abroad, and went on to mend sour foreign relations under Karimov.
“Mirziyoyev improves relations with world players such as Russia, China and the West, while also resolving conflicts with neighbors, including establishing peaceful dialogue with Afghanistan,” he said. Andrey Kazantsev Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations K.
Uzbekistan and Afghanistan share a 144-kilometre (89 mi) border, and Uzbekistan is constantly concerned that the conflict could spread. The former Soviet republic’s foreign minister became the first foreign official to visit Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country in August.
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