STORY: Uzbek president re-elected in snap election
DATELINE: July 10, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:51
LOCATION: Tashkent
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of polling stations
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uzbek): IRINA, Tashkent voter
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Uzbek): FAYZIEV, Tashkent voter

STORYLINE:

Uzbekistan's incumbent president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has overwhelmingly won a third term.

The Uzbek Central Election Commission said Monday that the president gained 87.1 percent of the vote in a snap election on Sunday.

Candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, Mirziyoyev promised in his pre-election campaign that he would continue his reform agenda to liberalize the economy and develop green energy, education, health, and tourism, as well as to better protect people's fundamental freedoms.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Uzbek): IRINA, Tashkent voter
"We vote to fulfil our civic duty. We care about the future of Uzbekistan and therefore should make our choice."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Uzbek): FAYZIEV, Tashkent voter
"I'm voting for the future of my country."

Mirziyoyev previously won presidential elections in 2016 and 2021.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tashkent.
(XHTV)