ALMATY – Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Saturday dropped plans to curtail the autonomy of the nation’s Karakalpakstan province following a uncommon public protest within the northwestern area, his workplace stated.
Friday’s rally was known as to protest constitutional reform plans that will have modified the standing of Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic residence to the Karakalpak individuals – an ethnic minority group with its personal language, Uzbek authorities stated.
Police dispersed the protesters after a few of them tried to storm native authorities buildings within the area’s capital, Nukus, following a march and a rally on the metropolis’s central market, native and authorities officers stated.
Beneath the present Uzbek structure, Karakalpakstan is described as a sovereign republic inside Uzbekistan that has the proper to secede by holding a referendum.
The brand new model of the structure – on which Uzbekistan plans to carry a referendum within the coming months – would now not point out Karakalpakstan’s sovereignty or proper for secession.
However in a swift response to the protest, Mirziyoyev stated on Saturday throughout a go to to Karakalpakstan that the adjustments concerning its standing have to be dropped from the proposed reform, his workplace stated in an announcement.
Karakalpakstan’s authorities stated in an announcement earlier on Saturday that police had detained the leaders of Friday’s protest, and several other different protesters who had put up resistance.
The adjustments regarding Karakalpakstan have been a part of a broader constitutional reform proposed by Mirziyoyev, which additionally contains strengthening civil rights and increasing the presidential time period to seven years from 5.
If the reform is endorsed within the deliberate referendum, it will reset Mirziyoyev’s time period depend and permit him to run for 2 extra phrases.
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