Tashkent hosted a press conference of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), dedicated to the preliminary results of the Early Presidential Election in Uzbekistan.

An election is a mirror of democracy. After all, it is during the election process that many universally recognized democratic principles of openness, transparency, freedom of speech, voting, and the right to be elected are ensured in any country.

Preparation for the election of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and ensuring the openness and transparency of the processes of its holding are among the main principles of the activity of election commissions at all levels.

About 800 international observers watched the presidential election. Among them are the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Organization of Turkic States, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic States, the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the CIS, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and 47 countries of the world. About 54,000 observers from political parties and civil society institutions that have nominated candidates for the presidency have been accredited. 1257 accredited representatives of local and foreign media covered the election process.

Special attention was paid to allocating a special place for observers and journalists while preparing polling stations for voting. All necessary conditions were created for observers to observe the voting process easily and for media representatives to cover this process without any obstacles.

Lutfulla Suvanov,

Editor of “New Uzbekistan” newspaper.