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Monitors slam Uzbek polls as lacking ‘real competition’

People casting their ballots at a voting station in Tashkent yesterday. Local officials had initiated a last-minute push to persuade people to vote but noted that many did not understand the purpose of the election. – AFP pic, December 23, 2019.

ALL five pro-government parties competing in Uzbekistan’s first elections under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took seats in the country’s parliament, preliminary results showed today, with international monitors criticising the “lack of real contest.” Mirziyoyev, who took charge of Central Asia’s most populous state in 2016 after the death of hardline predecessor and former patron Islam Karimov, describedEffective July 2018, access to full reports will only be available with a subscription. Sign-up now and enjoy one week free access!

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