British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Visits CEC
This week, Central Election Commission was visited by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Great Britain to Uzbekistan Rupert Joy
By Guzal Yusupova, UT
Deputy chairman of CEC Kuchkar Togaev told the Ambassador about the peculiarities of the electoral legislation of the republic, about introduced amendments and the current elections campaign to the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis and local councils of people’s representatives.
Candidates for Members of Parliament Get Registered
517 candidates will run for 135 seats in the Legislative Chamber
By Guzal Yusupova, UT
The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a session to consider the issue of registration of candidates to deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis last week.
The commission said it had carefully checked the documents presented by the political parties for registration of the candidates and their compliance with requirements of the legislation.
Upon the inspection and in compliance with Article 26 of the Law “On elections to Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan”, the Central Election Commission took decision on registering a total of 517 candidates to deputies, including 123 candidates from Adolat Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, 125 from Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, 135 from UzLiDeP Businessmen Movement – Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan and 134 from the People’s Democratic Party.
Candidates for parliamentary elections registered
The Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan held a session on 20 November to consider the issue of registration of candidates to deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.
Media Get Ready for Campaigning
The CEC approved the order for media use
At a regular meeting, members of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan approved the procedure of using the media by candidates, political parties during the election campaign for the parliament’s lower house.
CEC Examine Documents
of candidates to the lower house
Representatives of political parties contesting in the election campaign to the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis submitted documents for registration of candidates to the respective representative body.
Transparency and Publicity
are important principles of elections
The press center of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a practical seminar “Transparency and Publicity are important principles of election campaign.
Members of the Central Election Commission, heads of the press service of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, press groups under regional and Tashkent municipal election commissions, representatives of the National TV and Radio Company of Uzbekistan, National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan, Creative Council of Journalists of Uzbekistan, Public Fund for Support and Development of Independent Press and Information Agencies of Uzbekistan, Civil Society Studies Institute, heads of press services of political parties and mass media representatives took part in the seminar.
CEC considered issue of election campaign coverage
The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a regular meeting on November 13. The meeting was led by the Commission Chairman M. Abdusalomov.
Movement Gets Ready for Elections
Territorial conferences take place in regions
Conferences in territorial offices of the Ecology Movement of Uzbekistan take place these days in regions of the republic. By means of secret vote on the contested basis they elect delegates to take part in the Conference on December 27 where 15 representatives of Ecology Movement will be elected to the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis.
Election Campaign Enters New Stage
Parties nominate candidates for elections to the lower house of parliament
People’s Democratic Party nominates candidates for elections
The People’s Democratic Party of Uzbekistan held a congress in Tashkent, in which more than 350 delegates from all regions of the country participated.
The chairman of the Executive Committee of the party’s Political Council L.Gulyamov presented a report on the main results of the party’s activities and the tasks related to the elections to the legislative and representative authorities.
The delegates approved the main directions of the election platform, which include increasing the party’s role in the reforms in the country, forming the socially oriented market economy and implementation of other priority tasks of democratic renewal and modernization of the country.
