The Movement of Entrepreneurs and Businessmen of Uzbekistan – the Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP) and the Milliy Tiklanish (National Revival) Democratic Party of Uzbekistan presented the required package of documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) for registration of candidates for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The members of the CEC, representatives of political parties and the media took part in the event.
In accordance with the electoral legislation, the nomination of the candidates for the President of Uzbekistan starts sixty-five days before the election and ends forty-five days before the election. The nomination of candidates for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan is carried out by the supreme body of the political parties – through the congress or conference.
The documents submitted to the CEC include the written request by the leader of the political party on the registration of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the decision of the supreme body of the political party on nominating the candidate for the President of Uzbekistan, the protocol of the supreme body of the political party nominating the candidate for the President of Uzbekistan, the application of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consent to be put to the vote, as well as the petitions in support of the nominee.
It should be noted that political parties have completed the collection of voter signatures supporting candidates nominated by them for the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Within seven days, the CEC should examine and give an opinion on the conformity of the submitted documents with the requirements of the electoral legislation.
At present, the working groups at the CEC conduct their activities on verification of the correctness of subscription lists, which included the members of the CEC, representatives of public organizations, specialists of the bodies of Internal Affairs, Justice and other institutions.
