In the history of each country, especially when it enters a new stage of its development, there are moments or points of reference that require a critical look at the path traveled and determine their new beginnings, adhering to the progres...
In the history of each country, especially when it enters a new stage of its development, there are moments or points of reference that require a critical look at the path traveled and determine their new beginnings, adhering to the progressive spirit of the era. Here the saying of one of the outstanding sons of the Uzbek people - the writer, educator and a prominent representative of the Jadid movement Abdullah Kadyri - "Looking back into the past, embarking on a new one, is a good deed" involuntarily comes to mind. Exactly one year ago - on November 6, 2021 - a solemn ceremony of inauguration of the newly elected President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyoyev was held at a joint meeting of the chambers of the Oliy Majlis. In his inaugural speech, he briefly summed up the results of democratic reforms in our country in 2016-2021 as part of the Action Strategy in five priority areas of development. The head of state also outlined seven priority areas and tasks for the next five years, indicated in his first fundamental author's book "Strategy of New Uzbekistan" and serving to achieve the great nationwide goal - building New Uzbekistan, forming the foundation of a new Renaissance - the third Renaissance. “Deeply realizing the responsibility for today and tomorrow of our Motherland, I want to assure you: we will continue the democratic reforms that we started together with our people even more firmly and resolutely, and we will never deviate from this path! Together we will definitely build New Uzbekistan!” the President emphasized. From Action Strategy to Development Strategy The main idea put forward in the Development Strategy of New Uzbekistan for 2022-2026 in terms of ensuring consistency and continuity of transformations is the implementation of the principle "From the Action Strategy to the Development Strategy". Moreover, the Development Strategy, which marked the beginning of a new stage of our national development, defines dignity, rights and freedoms, the legitimate interests of a person, the introduction of a new development paradigm - the principle "man - society - state" as the highest value. As the main criterion and leitmotif of the activities of all branches of state power - from the President, senators, deputies, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, judges of all levels to representatives of the lowest level of state bodies - he outlined the strict implementation of the requirements of the Constitution and laws of the country, the full implementation of priority principle "In the name of the honor and dignity of human being". At the same time, “human dignity” for New Uzbekistan, as defined by the President, is, first of all, ensuring a peaceful and safe life for every citizen, his constitutional rights and freedoms, creating decent living conditions and modern infrastructure, qualified medical care, quality education, targeted social protection and a healthy ecological environment for every inhabitant of the country. Without going into details, let us recall that, summarizing the characteristics of the “New Uzbekistan” outlined by the President, we can define it as a people’s, social, humane, democratic and legal state, in which the basic principles are also implemented: “It is not the people that serve state bodies, but state bodies must serve the people”, “Leaders must serve not only the state, but above all the individual and his family, ensuring their legitimate interests”, justice and the rule of law, the priority of private property, and the development of the national economy. New Uzbekistan is a state with high human capital and intellectual potential. New Uzbekistan is an open and fair civil society, an enlightened society. Today, humanity is going through an extremely difficult period in its history - it is facing new, previously unknown threats and challenges, an increase in confrontation and conflicts between various forces, an intensification of a merciless struggle for resources, and is entering an era of globalization and fierce competition. With this in mind, the head of state outlined urgent, extremely important and urgent tasks to ensure peace and security on a global and regional scale. He put forward a decisive principle - "We must be open to the world, and the world must be open to us", which today is confidently turning into the rule of our life. The President also drew attention to the proposals of the population, put forward during the pre-election meetings of all candidates with representatives of the electorate, on the implementation of a constitutional reform in the country and instructed the elected representatives of the people (senators and deputies), having studied the world experience of constitutional construction, to carefully consider the issue of improving the Basic Law, which determines current and future development of the country. Anticipating, we note that later, in a festive congratulation to the people of Uzbekistan in connection with the 29th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan and in the second edition of his book "Strategy of New Uzbekistan", the head of state outlined the priority areas of constitutional reform, demanded by life itself and dictated by the logic of democratic transformations. It should be emphasized that today the rapidly developing life, the philosophy of reforms, based on the saying of our great ancestor, the thinker Bahouddin Nakshband: “He who loses time, loses life itself”, require not to slow down the pace of reforms, but on the contrary, to go only forward, rationally use each day and hour to achieve the goals of democratic reforms, improve the level and quality of life, welfare and well-being of the population. However, it is impossible to grasp the immensity and, of course, within the framework of one article it is impossible to cover and designate all the great achievements and successes of the ongoing democratic reforms. Therefore, here we will limi...