Adolat

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Adolat ( German : Justice, Uzbek Adolat Sotsial Demokratie Partiyasi , full name: Social Democratic Party Adolat ) is a political party in Uzbekistan . It has been represented in Oliy Majlis , the Uzbek parliament, without interruption since it was founded in 1995 , and is currently the third largest group in parliament.

Alignment

The Adolat party is oriented towards social democracy and is committed to the emergence of a social market economy in Uzbekistan. In particular, improving the social system and social security are at the center of the party's political work. In addition, according to official information, political stability, the development of Uzbek democracy, equality of citizens before the law and social cohesion across religious and ethnic differences are concerns of the Social Democratic Party. In fact, the party's scope for content is severely limited, as genuine opposition to the president and his party is not allowed in Uzbekistan. As a registered party, the Adolat party can therefore be classified as loyal to the regime. In the run-up to elections, those responsible for the party mostly emphasize their support for the course of the president and the government, but at the same time place emphasis on content, especially in social policy .

history

founding

The party was founded on February 18, 1995, shortly after the parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan in 1994/95 . Although the party had not yet run in the parliamentary elections, it soon formed a faction of 47 members in the Uzbek parliament, which consisted of formerly non-party members and delegates from the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan , the party of long-term president Islom Karimov . The party was founded in the course of a cautious liberalization policy by President Karimov, who wanted to create the impression of political pluralism and progressive democratization of Uzbekistan. The founding of the party on the initiative of the President and the formation of the parliamentary group through a change of parliamentary group of members of the presidential party were already signs of the loyalty of the new party to the president and his political course.

Election results

In the parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan in 1999 , the Adolat party stood for the first time and moved into the Uzbek parliament, which had a total of 250 members, with eleven members, making it the fourth largest group. After the reorganization of the political system in Uzbekistan in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan 2004/05 , Adolat won ten seats in the 120-strong lower house of the Uzbek parliament. In the 2009/10 parliamentary elections , the party was one of the winners of the election and was able to increase its parliamentary group by nine MPs to a total of 19. This result was again slightly improved five years later in the 2014/15 parliamentary elections , so that the party was now able to send 20 members to the lower house. Overall, the composition of the House of Commons hardly changed compared to the previous legislative period . In the 2019/20 parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan , the party won a total of 24 seats, making it the third largest group in the Uzbek parliament, as the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan suffered a significant defeat and was only able to move into the lower house with 22 members.

In presidential elections the party nominated its own candidate for the first time for the presidential election in Uzbekistan in 2007 , the parliamentary group leader Dilorom Tashmukhamedova. As expected, this had no chance in the election against incumbent Karimov and was able to collect 2.94% of the votes cast. In the 2015 and 2016 presidential elections , Narimon Umarov stood for the Adolat party. In 2015 he received 2.05% of the vote in Karimov's renewed election victory, in 2016 he improved his result to 3.46%, while Shavkat Mirziyoyev was elected as the new president.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce Pannier: Uzbekistan's Parliamentary Elections: Business As Usual (Except For One Thing). In: Rfe / Rl. Accessed July 31, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Adolat Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan. In: Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Accessed July 31, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Karen Dawisha, Bruce Parrott ,: Conflict, cleavage, and change in Central Asia and the Caucasus . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 1997, ISBN 0-521-59246-1 , pp. 391 .
  4. ↑ UZBEKISTAN: parliamentary elections Oliy Majlis, 1999. Accessed July 31, 2020 .
  5. ↑ IPU PARLINE database: UZBEKISTAN (Qonunchilik palatasi), ELECTIONS IN 2009. Accessed July 31, 2020 .
  6. ↑ IPU PARLINE database: UZBEKISTAN (Qonunchilik palatasi), Electoral system. Accessed July 31, 2020 .
  7. ^ Results of the parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan. January 15, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Uzbek Incumbent Wins Poll Without 'Genuine Choice'. Accessed July 31, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ IFES Election Guide | Elections: Uzbekistan Presidential Election 2016. Accessed July 31, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Uzbekistan's Dictator Grabs Fourth Term in Opposition-Free Poll | Eurasianet. Accessed July 31, 2020 (English).