A round-table “Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the basis of legal reforms” held in Tashkent

On November 20 this year the Senate Legislation and Judicial Committee of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan held the round-table “Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the basis of legal reforms”. The discussion has been timed to the forthcoming anniversary of the Main Law of the country – the Constitution to be marked on December 8 - the day the document was adopted in 1992.

The senators and lawmakers at the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, scholars of jurisprudence, the staff members of the judicial and law enforcement bodies, ministries and agencies, science organizations and higher educational institutions, various public associations and mass media are reported to have participated at the round-table, the local newspapers reported.

The delegates to the discussion have said that the successes achieved by the country for over the years of national sovereignty in state and legal development are the results of efficiency of principles and norms of Constitution. They have also underscored that the accomplishments during the past years call for the fair assessment of the profound role and potential of Constitution.

The respective amendments introduced with the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan in terms of liberalization and modernization of the country vividly testify to implementation of constitutional and legal reforms in the country. Those amendments were necessitated by the need to further intensify the democratic reforms, raise the social and political activeness of citizens, and take the country forward from a strong state towards a strong civil society.

At the moment, the ongoing legal reform has brought to serious transformations of legal regulatory mechanism of holding elections and which reflected in strengthening the role of political parties in renewal and further democratization of state governance and modernization of the country.

The round-table has also focused on the need to continue the work on further improving the legal basis of reforming and modernizing the country in line with program goals of building the democratic law-governed state and open civil society defined in the Constitution.

Besides, the delegates to the discussion are reported to have exchanged views and voiced proposals on improving the quality of lawmaking, further propagating the Constitution’s role and significance, implementing the measures on raising the awareness of Constitution among citizens.