Nigmatulla Yuldashev: Violations committed by prosecutors have significantly damaged the public attitude towards us

At the Media Hall of the National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan, a meeting of the debate club “New Uzbekistan – new elections” took place.

The event titled “Maintaining the rule of law and human interests – guarantees of the country’s development and public welfare” focused on the issues of ensuring observance of the constitutional principle of judicial independence, strengthening guarantees of rights and freedoms of citizens in the course of judicial investigations, expanding the right of attorney to collect and present evidences, ensuring their guarantees, revising criminal and criminal-procedural legislation, including liberalization of norms in the sphere of economic crimes.

Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Nigmatulla Yuldashev spoke about the situation in prosecuting bodies:

“It is hard to critically assess the activity of the previous leadership. Violations committed by prosecutors, especially former leaders, have had a negative impact on the morale of honest employees working in the prosecuting bodies. It has significantly damaged the public attitude towards us,” Yuldashev said.

It should be recalled that at the end of September this year, former Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Otabek Muradov was arrested.

In January 2018, Otabek Murodov, as the Prosecutor General, replaced Ikhtiyor Abdullayev, who was transferred to the SSS leadership. On June 20, 2019, he was relieved of his post and replaced by the Senate Chairman Nigmatulla Yuldashev.