Uzbekistan, Tashkent, April 19 /Trend, D.Azizov/
The law on amendments to the Constitution aiming at balanced division of powers among the three branches of state power (the president, the lawmaking power, and the executive power) and at strengthening the role and influences of political parties in implementation of reforms and modernization of the country entered into force in Uzbekistan.
According to the amendments, the president is no longer authorized to form and head the executive power system nor has the right to appoint/dismiss prosecutor general's deputies.
Under the amendments, the President will have to appoint/dismiss heads of administrations of provinces and Tashkent on the Prime Minister's proposal. Besides, the head of state shall be responsible for appointing/dismissing Chamber of Accounts chairperson.
Under the innovations, if incumbent president can not perform his duties, his duties and powers shall be the responsibility of Senate's chairman with presidential election to be conducted within three months.
A corresponding article of the Constitution defines the new order of nomination and approval of Prime Minister's candidature. From now on, the candidature of Prime Minister shall be nominated by a political party, which has won the biggest number of seats in the Lawmaking Chamber, or by several political parties, which have won the equal biggest number of seats.
The President, following the consideration of the proposed candidature of Prime Minister within a 10-day period, shall submit it to the Parliament's Chamber for consideration and approval. Prime Minister's candidature shall be considered approved if it wins more than a half of votes of total number of members of Lawmaking Chamber and Senate.
An innovation in Uzbekistan's legal system is the expression of no-confidence vote. In the event of steady contradictions between Prime Minister and Lawmaking Chamber (Parliament) and if no less than two thirds of votes of deputies and senators are obtained, Parliament may express no-confidence vote to Prime Minister.
In such case, President shall take the decision to dismiss Prime Minister, which simultaneously leads to dismissal of the whole government.
President shall submit new candidature of Prime Minister for consideration to both houses of Parliament after he ends consultations with all factions of political parties represented in Parliament.
If Parliament rejects Prime Minister's candidature twice, President shall appoint Acting Prime Minister and dissolve Parliament.
Parliament shall also be authorized to listen to and discuss Prime Minister's reports concerning urging matters of socioeconomic development of the country, something that should expand the opportunities of Parliament's control of executive bodies.
In connection with the amendments to the Constitution, corresponding amendments and supplements have been added to a series of Uzbekistan's legal acts, such as the laws on Prosecutor's Office, on the Cabinet of Ministers, on the Senate, on the Lawmaking Chamber, on the Procedures of the Lawmaking Chamber, on the Procedures of the Senate, and "On the Strengthening of the Role of Political Parties in Improvement and Further Democratization of State Management and Modernization of the Country".