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Uzbekistan's parties preparing for parliamentary election

7 October 2014 13:10 (UTC+04:00)
Uzbekistan's parties preparing for parliamentary election

By Aynur Jafarova

Uzbekistan's People's Democratic Party has submitted necessary documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the country to participate in the parliamentary election.

So far, all the political parties of the country - People's Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party Adolat, Democratic Party of Uzbekistan Milly Tiklanish and the Movement of Entrepreneurs and Businessmen - Liberal-Democratic Party - have submitted relevant documents to the CEC.

The parliamentary election in Uzbekistan has been scheduled for December 21, 2014.

Under the law, the political parties should submit an application for participation in the election and a certificate from the Ministry of Justice proving that the party has been registered within the statutory period, as well as their subscription lists.

All the required documents should be submitted before October 12.

Each party is required to gather at least 40,000 signatures of voters supporting its participation in the election. However, the number of signatures, gathered in one administrative-territorial unit of the country should not exceed eight percent of the required volume.

On the basis of the submitted documents, the CEC will make a final decision on approving the party's participation in the election.

The nomination of MP candidates will start on October 17.

Uzbekistan's bicameral parliament was established in 2005. The legislative chamber permanently has 150 deputies elected in December 2009 from four political parties and the Uzbek Ecological Movement. They were elected for a five-year period.

As a result of the parliamentary election held in 2009, four political parties are represented in the Legislative Chamber: the Movement of Entrepreneurs and Businessmen - Liberal-Democratic Party, People's Democratic Party, Democratic Party Milly Tiklanish and Social Democratic Party Adolat.

The parliament's upper house, the Senate, has 100 deputies elected in equal numbers, i.e. six people from the Karakalpakstan Republic, the country's regions and the Tashkent city.

Aside from that, 16 members of the Senate are appointed by the Uzbek president from among the most distinguished citizens.

Uzbek population stands at 31 million people. Over 20 million of them are eligible voters.

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