Excerpts from report by Uzbek TV on 6th January

[Announcer] The presidential candidate nominated from the People's
Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, Abdulhafiz Jalolov, has met voters at the
Republican Internationalist and Cultural Centre [in the capital Tashkent]
today [6th January].

[passage to end omitted: correspondent's general report that Jalolov's proxy
briefed the meeting on his biography and platform, Jalolov talked about his
manifesto, speakers at the meeting noted the democratic nature of the
forthcoming elections and called on voters to vote for a worthy candidate.
No actuality of Jalolov]

Source: Uzbek Television first channel, Tashkent, in Russian 1400 gmt 06 Jan
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