Voting was underway in Uzbekistan's presidential election Sunday, with incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev facing no real opposition but plenty of challenges as he bids to reform the ex-Soviet country while maintaining its authoritarian foundations.
Mirziyoyev has been credited for launching what he calls a "New Uzbekistan", ending a decades-old system of forced labour with roots in the former Soviet Union and introducing limited media freedoms.
But as his first term ends, the 64-year-old president is struggling to counter impressions that his government is sliding back toward the habits of his long-reigning predecessor. Human Rights Watch said this month that officials "harassed party supporters and interfered in their efforts to collect signatures for registration"."The word opponent is contradictory here. None of the candidates honestly think they can become president," he told AFP."There are a lot of poor and homeless people. We need to find housing for people," said Sardor, a 26-year-old money-changer at the city's Chorsu market who is voting for Mirziyoyev.
It is against the founding president's brutal rule that the successes of Mirziyoyev's reforms have been judged. But she was worried about the situation over the border in Afghanistan, where the president has taken a pragmatic, trade-first approach to the Taliban takeover.
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