Uzbekistan: President Mirziyoyev announces snap election

YEREVAN, MAY 8, ARMENPRESS. UzbekPresident Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Monday he was calling asnappresidentialelectionto give himself a new mandate, days after a referendum that allowed him to run for two more seven-year-terms.

The president said he was giving up the remainder of his term in office in statements shared on his Telegram account.

The referendum granted more constitutional rights for Uzbeks, but also granted Mirziyoyev, who won a second term in office in 2021, a reset on his time already spent as president and the chance to serve two extended seven-year terms, according to DW.

The president said he felt he needed a fresh mandate under the new constitution to carry out further reforms.

He did not say when the vote would be held.