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UZBEKISTAN TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION

2nd May, 2023

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Context: Majority of the Uzbekistan citizens voted in favour of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s proposal to rewrite the country’s Constitution.

Details

  • On April 30, 2023, Uzbekistan held a nationwide referendum on a series of constitutional amendments proposed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
  • The amendments aimed to enhance various rights and freedoms of the citizens, such as abolishing the death penalty, strengthening the judiciary, and ensuring gender equality.
    • However, they also extended the presidential term from five to seven years and allowed Mirziyoyev to run for two more terms after his current one ends in 2024.
  • According to the preliminary results announced by the Central Election Commission, 90.21% of voters supported the constitutional changes, while 9.35% voted against them.

Uzbekistan

  • It is a landlocked country in Central Asia.
  • It is bordered by;
    • Afghanistan
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Tajikistan
    • Turkmenistan
  • It is home to more than 34 million people, who speak Uzbek as their official language, along with Russian and other regional languages.
  • It is one of the two doubly landlocked countries in the world, meaning that it is surrounded by other landlocked countries.
    • The other one is Liechtenstein in Europe.
  • It is famous for its silk production.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Which of these countries share a border with Uzbekistan?

1. Kazakhstan

2. Kyrgyzstan

3. Iran

4. Turkmenistan

5. Afghanistan

Choose the correct code;

(A) 1, 2 and 4 only

(B) 2, 3 and 5 only

(C) 1,2, 3 and 4 only

(D) 2, 3, 4 and 5

Answer: C

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