Excerpt from report by Uzbek radio on 22nd September

The second congress of the Fidokorlar [Self-Sacrificers,
pro-presidential] National Democratic Party of Uzbekistan took
place in Tashkent today [22nd September]. After the leading and
working organs of the congress were elected, Erkin Norbotayev,
the first secretary of the party, made a speech about the work
of the central council and the party's election platform. After
the discussion of these issues, nominees for deputy in the
forthcoming elections to the Supreme Assembly [the parliament]
and a nominee for president were presented. The delegates of
the second congress of the Fidokorlar [Self-Sacrificers]
National Democratic Party unanimously nominated the president
of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov, as
a candidate for the presidency.

[passage ommitted: a farmer from Fergana Region, who
attended the congress, tells a correspondent of the radio that
the nomination of the incumbent president as a presidential
election candidate was the right decision to make because he
really is suitable for the job]

Source: Uzbek Radio first programme, Tashkent, in Uzbek 1300
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