Uzbek election marred by irregularities
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS
- In Brief
24 Dec 2019
by Alex Teddy
On December 22 Uzbekistan held a legislative election. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted that there serious doubts about the fairness of the poll and that certain issues were off topic in debates. Nonetheless this election has not been as unfair as the previous ones. The Liberal Democrats won a plurality of the representation. There are only a few legal parties in the country.These elections were the first held under President Mirziyoyev who took over in 2016. As we predicted reform has been slow and cosmetic.
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