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grnjournal.us AMERICAN Journal of Public Diplomacy and International Studies Volume 01, Issue 06, 2023 ISSN (E): 2993-2157 The Improvement Perspectives of the Institute of Legislative Initiative in Republic of Uzbekistan Khayitjon Turdiev, Ph.D Associate Professor of Tashkent State University of Law Abstract: The most basic social relations in society are regulated by laws. The process of
creating a law begins with the implementation of a legislative initiative.
According to Kh.T.Odilkoriev, the legislative process is a sum of the actions of the state supreme
representative body aimed at creating new laws, making additions and changes to the existing
laws, as well as repealing outdated laws in accordance with the procedure established by the
Constitution, determining relations that need to be regulated by law, includes the preparation of
the bill, its discussion and adoption
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.
According to M. Najimov and Sh. Saidullaev, "law-making
as a component of law-making is manifested as a complex process carried out on the basis of the
supreme legislative authority of the state or a national referendum”
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Proposals for the adoption of a specific law, as well as for amending or repealing the current law,
are constantly submitted to the parliament by the competent bodies defined in the Constitution.
Based on the proposal of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.Mirziyoev to reform the
institution of the right of legislative initiative at the meeting with the members of the
Constitutional Commission, the institution of "introduction of legislative proposals" was
introduced in Article 98 of the updated Constitution. According to it, not less than one hundred
thousand citizens with the right to vote, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of
Uzbekistan, the Human Rights Representative (ombudsman) of the Oliy Majlis, and the Central
Election Commission were designated as the entities that submit legislative proposals to the
Legislative Chamber.
The institution of legislative proposal is a type of legislative initiative, which is the right of
authorized entities to propose the main idea or concept of a future law, which will later become a
bill in the Legislative Chamber.
There are distinct differences between the right to initiate legislation and the right to introduce
legislative proposals. The right of legislative initiative includes a specific draft law - that is, the
text of the future law, which includes all components (preamble, articles, etc.) and complies with
the structural requirements.
The right of legislative initiative is the submission of a proposal to the parliament by authorized
bodies and persons for the adoption of a draft law and the adoption of an appropriate decision to
consider it in the prescribed manner. In accordance with the procedure of the right of legislative
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Odilkoriev H.T. Constitution and civil society. - T.: Sharq, 2002. - p.250.
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Najimov M.K., Saydullayev Sh.A. Legislative technique. Study guide. Revised and Completed 2nd Edition. - T.:
TSUL, 2009. - P. 34.