UzLiDep Nominee Tours Nation’s South In A Bid To See Voters

The presidential pre-election campaign has entered into its new stage in Uzbekistan. The nominees started to meet with the voters, the agencies reported.

The national vote is due December 23 this year.

On November 26 and November 27 the candidate from the Movement of entrepreneurs and business people – the Liberal-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov visited Surkhandarya and Kashkadarya provinces to meet with the electorate and gain an endorsement from numerous supporters.

In both provinces the voters were told about the election program of the nominee for President – Islam Karimov. They have learned about that the nominee’s pre-election program envisages such core issues for the country along its further advancement as the consistent continuation of reforms in the country, and particularly, the support of farmers, small businesses and private entrepreneurship, further betterment of investment climate, curbing the tax burden, broader introduction of high technologies, and further increase of people’s real incomes.

While speaking at the meeting in Termez, the administrative capital town of Surkhandarya Province, the campaigner Islam Karimov told his supporters that by now the radical reforms have been carried out in the country. The foundations of national statehood, democratic and law-governed state, and strong civil society have been established. The reforms on democratization and liberalization of public life, modernization of country, and market economy bear their results, according to the candidate.

Islam Karimov has also said that Surkhandarya had nurtured many outstanding thinkers. This area, the campaigner told, is rich with natural resources, and most importantly, has the qualified cadres able to master those resources. Much is now being accomplished in the province. The recently commissioned railroad Tashguzar-Baysun-Kumkurghan serves as a bright example to the said.

The supporters, who have gathered to meet the presidential nominee, have told that the endorsement of Islam Karimov’s candidature for the presidency would be a reliable guarantee of gradual continuation of reforms to further develop the economy and increase the people’s well being.

Yet taking floor in another meeting in Karshi on November 27, the campaigner told that in the coming three years the people’s real incomes would raise up to 2-2,5 times. At the moment, the pensions and social allowances are seeing their consistent rise.

He has also said that the Uzbek people are rightly proud with such ancestors, who grew and matured in Kashkadarya, as Amir Temur and Abu Nasafi.

88 percent of natural gas and 93 percent of oil now extracted in Uzbekistan accounts for Kashkadarya. The largest industries commissioned in Shurtan, Muborak and Kokdumalok serve for further contribution by the area to the development of nation’s economy.