On Tuesday, 23 July 2024, the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek Parliament) held a regular plenary session.

After two hours of work, the speaker of the parliament Nuriddin Ismoilov offered the delegates a choice of two options, regarding how the session should be wrapped up:

To take a break and go one with the session at 3 p.m.;

Continue working without taking a break and wrap up the session later.

Oliy Majlis deputy Sharofiddin Nazarov took the floor and said that it would be expedient to end the session without a break. The proposal of deputy Nazarov was put to a vote in the parliament.

The first voting brought the following results: 89 people (75.4%) voted ‘FOR’ the proposal of MP Nazarov, 13 (11%) – ‘AGAINST’, 15 (12.7%) – did not vote, 1 person abstained from voting.

In view of the fact that the results of the voting were not satisfactory to the Speaker of the Parliament, he put the proposal of deputy Nazarov (Continue working without taking a break and wrap up the session later) to a second vote.

The results of the second vote were almost similar: 89 people (75.4%) voted – ‘FOR’, 22 (18.6%) – ‘AGAINST’, three (2.5%) – did not vote, 4 participants – abstained.

However, the results of the vote were disregarded by the speaker, who literally said: ‘Taking into account the opinion of the majority, I declare a break until 3 p.m.’ With these words, Nuriddin Ismoilov, the chairman of the lower house of the Uzbek parliament, concluded the first part of the plenary session.

This vivid example of voting in the Uzbek parliament shows how Uzbekistan’s electoral system actually works.

Regardless of the outcome of the vote or election, the Uzbek authorities will falsify the electoral process and get the result they want.