Law on Cabinet of Ministers in new version adopted

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a new version of the law “On the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.

According to the document, the candidacy of the Prime Minister is proposed by the political party, which wins the largest number of seats in the elections to the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, or by several political parties that received the same number of seats.

The President of Uzbekistan, after considering the submitted candidacy for the post of Prime Minister within ten days, proposes it for consideration and approval by the chambers of Oliy Majlis.

When considering and approving his candidacy in the Oliy Majlis, the candidate for the post of Prime Minister presents the short and long term program of actions of the Cabinet.

The PM candidacy is considered approved if more than half of the votes of total number of deputies in the Legislative Chamber and members of the Senate of Oliy Majlis, respectively, are cast for it.

In the event of persistent contradictions between the Prime Minister and the Legislative Chamber on a proposal officially submitted to the President by deputies of the Legislative Chamber in an amount of at least one third of their total, the question of expressing a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister is brought up for discussion at a joint meeting of the Chambers of Oliy Majlis.

A vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister is considered adopted if at least two-thirds of the total number of deputies of the Legislative Chamber and members of the Senate respectively vote for it. In this case, the President decides to dismiss the Prime Minister. At the same time, the entire Cabinet of Ministers resigns together with the Prime Minister.