Uzbekistan set to elect parliament loyal to president


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  • Sunday, 27 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends an informal meeting at a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2024. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

ALMATY (Reuters) - Uzbekistan votes in a parliamentary election on Sunday that is certain, in the absence of opposition parties, to produce a legislature loyal to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev despite some changes to the procedure after a constitutional reform.

Mirziyoyev has run Central Asia's most populous nation, since 2016, winning broad popularity through liberal economic reforms and an easing of his predecessor's draconian restrictions on political, religious and media freedoms.

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