Uzbeks vote on reforms to strengthen president FMTNews FMTWorld
TASHKENT: Voters across Central Asian Uzbekistan went to the polls today in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040.He insists the overhaul of the constitution will improve governance and quality of life in the landlocked country of 35 million people, whose rights have long been heavily restricted.
“The new constitution will change my life,” Shamsiddin Zhurayev, a 40-year-old businessman, told AFP outside a Tashkent polling station.Yet the prospect of Mirziyoyev clinging on to power unnerved some.“Everything is done so that the president remains in power for life,” said 70-year-old pensioner Nurkhamil, who refused to give his last name.
But activists say rights abuses persist, and authorities have shown no sign of allowing a political opposition to emerge. “Many analysts see, understandably, an effort by Mirziyoyev to stay in power but it would be a shame to dismiss this text as just an authoritarian turn,” Ferrando told AFP, referring to the amendments.
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