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On October 11, the Central Election Commission played host to a meeting with OSCE experts of the Needs Assessment Mission headed by Alexander Shlyk, chief of the Elections Department at the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The CEC Chairman Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov informed the experts about the works being undertaken by the central and district election commissions toward the implementation of the Program of Major Activities within preparations for and conduct of elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In particular, amendments and addenda have been introduced to the guidelines and regulations of the Central Election Commission, and an action plan to boost the legal culture of voters has been approved.
It was noted that Uzbekistan holds elections openly and publicly. All the information and papers related to the electoral season are posted on the website of the Central Election Commission, along with the operating republican press center and press centers of district electoral commissions, while meetings of the CEC are held online.
According to the experts of the Needs Assessment Mission (NAM), the CEC’s timely sending of invitation to ODIHR to participate in the observation of the forthcoming presidential ballot fully complies with requirements of international electoral standards.
As it was stressed during the meeting, the CEC has been consistent in perfecting the enforcement practice in order to guarantee the citizens’ electoral rights. To this end, recommendations of international observers, including the results of OSCE ODIHR observation of past elections are taken into account.
OSCE ODIHR appreciated the latest amendments introduced into Uzbekistan’s electoral legislation, in particular the provision whereby the number of voters’ signatures to be collected by political parties in support of presidential nominees has been reduced from 5 to 1 percent of the total number of the electorate.
In addition, the experts of the Needs Assessment Mission of the OSCE ODIHR offered a high esteem of the online training seminars conducted by the Uzbek CEC for representatives of district election commissions, highlighting the novelty of the format as well as the importance of quality training of members of commissions and the voters for the upcoming ballot.
The meeting served for the two sides to exchange views on issues of mutual interest in terms of the efficient organization of OSCE ODIHR NAM experts’ activities and the consolidation of bilateral cooperation.
Republican Press Center on Covering the
Elections of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
