ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY TO THE PEOPLE AND OLIY MAJLIS: CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The article, in the context of legal doctrine and practice, analyzes the essence, purpose, and features of the address of the President of Uzbekistan to the people and parliament. Its special significance in the process of modern development of New Uzbekistan is emphasized. A legal analysis of the status and characteristics of the presidential address as one of the tools and forms for determining the main directions of the state’s foreign and domestic policy is carried out. The differences between the presidential address and other forms of official address by the head of state are examined, and based on the semantic analysis of the concept under consideration, its characteristic features and properties are revealed. Based on the example of the foreign practice of sending presidential addresses to parliaments, the peculiarities of their content, the order of announcement, and the execution of the tasks and measures contained in them have been identified. Some aspects of the influence of the address on the activities of parliament and government are analyzed, and the legal characteristics of the address are given as an important political and legal document of a programmatic and targeted nature. The article reveals the relationship between the President’s address to the people and the Oliy Majlis, with such documents as the Development Strategy of New Uzbekistan and annual state programs. The conclusion is substantiated by the fact that the address is a political and legal document that has official constitutional and legal status and defines the main guidelines for the country’s development for the year.