UZBEKISTAN TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION -UPSC Current Affairs

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Context: Majority of the Uzbekistan citizens voted in favour of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s proposal to rewrite the country’s Constitution.

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On April 30, 2023, Uzbekistan held a nationwide referendum on a series of constitutional amendments proposed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The amendments aimed to enhance various rights and freedoms of the citizens, such as abolishing the death penalty, strengthening the judiciary, and ensuring gender equality.
- However, they also extended the presidential term from five to seven years and allowed Mirziyoyev to run for two more terms after his current one ends in 2024.
According to the preliminary results announced by the Central Election Commission, 90.21% of voters supported the constitutional changes, while 9.35% voted against them.

Uzbekistan

It is a landlocked country in Central Asia.
It is bordered by;
- Afghanistan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
It is home to more than 34 million people, who speak Uzbek as their official language, along with Russian and other regional languages.
It is one of the two doubly landlocked countries in the world, meaning that it is surrounded by other landlocked countries.
- The other one is Liechtenstein in Europe.
It is famous for its silk production.