The Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan's Oliy Majlis (Parliament) decided to extend the national discussion of the new edition of the country's basic law by August 1. This was reported by its press service on Friday.
"The decision was made to extend the discussion of the constitutional law "On amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan" until August 1, 2022," the statement said. It is noted that "the committees of the Legislative Chamber will continue to work on analyzing the proposals received from compatriots, as well as finalizing the bill."
In December 2021, a month after his election for a second presidential term, Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed to amend the constitution, and in May this year the parliament formed a constitutional commission to develop amendments to the basic law of the country. Earlier, it was reported that the commission had already prepared a draft law, which envisages introduction of more than 170 amendments to the Constitution of Uzbekistan adopted in 1992.
The head of Uzbekistan also proposed holding a national referendum on amending the constitution. According to the parliament's decision, the national discussion of the bill on amending the constitution was to last until July 4 inclusive. However, because of the July 1 and 2 riots in Karakalpakstan, parliament extended the debate until July 15 and now until August 1. It is then expected that the document will be put up for a national referendum, the date of which has not yet been set.
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Based on materials from TASS