Photo: Shavkat Mirziyoyev voted in the referendum

On April 30, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the referendum precinct 59 in Mirzo Ulugbek district of Tashkent city and voted in the referendum.

The constitutional bill “On the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan” was voted in the referendum. It is known that this process was carefully prepared for a year and a half. The draft constitutional law was published in the mass media and the opinion of the people was studied. More than 220,000 proposals were received from the public. One out of four of them got a place in the project.

Based on these proposals, the number of articles of the Constitution being updated has increased from the current 128 to 155, and the norms have increased from 275 to 434. That is, 65% of the text of our Basic Law was updated based on the proposals of our people. International experience was also taken into account, mature specialists and experts from various fields were involved.

The Constitution is the legal basis of the stability and future of our country, human interests. Citizens feel this deeply and actively participate in the referendum.

A total of 383 international observers from 45 countries and 14 prestigious international organizations are directly monitoring this political process. Local and foreign mass media are covering widely and openly.