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Idirov U. Yu., doctor of Science (ScD), professor, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan E-mail:
DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN INNOVATIVE BASES OF DEMOCRACY AS A LEADING FACTOR OF ENHANCING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOVEREIGN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Abstract. This scientific article analyzes the importance of the conceptual ideas put forward in the Address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Parliament of December 28, 2018. Special attention is paid to their importance in raising large-scale reforms to a new level in the country, carried out on the basis of the Strategy of Action. The article also highlights the issues of deepening globalization processes occurring in the world and the complex international situation that has developed under its influence, the need to take into account the international situation in the process of implementing independent political development, the main tasks of further improving the effectiveness of the political system, democratization of society at the current stage of our country.
Keywords: President's Address, democracy, innovation policy, parliament, executive power, state power optimization, smart management, economic renewal, digital economy.
We know that today, developments as a result of still preserved as the most comprehensive and guar-
global changes and trends are taking place on the anteed source of human progress. international scene putting new and more complex We should pay a special attention to the fact, that
requirements to the possibilities and conditions of the head of our state Sh. Mirziyoyev proposed high
the sovereign political development. level of pragmatic ideas for the further implementa-
Such kind of features of the modern life, in turn, tion and further development of democratic reforms
cause the degree of international strategic stability to in our country.
be extremely low. Therefore, the conditions of develop- Its essence is to accelerate and increase the effec-
ment in the modern life are becoming more complex. tiveness of democratization processes by expanding
As a result, nowadays, the task of updating the coun- the new political, legal and practical foundations for
tries' conceptions of political development, based on the deep implementation of democratic principles
the need to apply the most modern principles of de- of democracy in the political system of our society. mocracy, is becoming more and more urgent. President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
It should be noted that the values of democracy, Sh. Mirziyoyev said: "Today, life itself requires us to
which has its own two-and-a-half-year history, are achieve the most important goal, defined in our Con-
stitution,- comprehensively ensuring the interests of the person.
In order to ensure the interests of a person, it is first of all necessary to talk with people, to communicate with the people, to know well their concerns, aspirations and aspirations, life problems and needs"
[1, p.14].
Nowadays, thanks to the direct initiative of the head of our state and the introduction of the system of communication with the people in our country, the glorious foundations of deliberative democracy, modern and effective, have begun to work. Because of this, a great range of modern opportunities have been created for the broad development of our country.
We know that at the same time, with the launch of the Strategy for further development of the Republic of Uzbekistan there has been made a step towards a qualitatively new level of development of the country. Thanks to the reforms that consistently take place in our country in five key areas since 2017, and, in essence, cover the perfect basis of modern development, today, our country has immense opportunities to take a worthy place among the world's most developed nations.
According to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of February 7, 2017, "The Strategy of Action is implemented in five stages, each of which provides for the approval of a separate annual State program for its implementation in accordance with the declared name of the year" [2, p.6].
In this regard, it should be noted that over the past few years the planned tasks in five priority areas of the Strategy have been fulfilled. As a result, today, the political, economic and social conditions of our country have been growing in unprecedented size. As a result, there has been expanded the potential capacity for the implementation of promising plans for further deepening reforms.
As the Head of our state Sh. Mirziyoyev said: "Naming 2018 the Year of Support for Active En-trepreneurship, Innovative Ideas and Technologies, we implemented 76 thousand projects for 21 tril-
lion soums and $1 billion under the corresponding State program, which indicates the scale of our work, which we started with good intentions" [3].
The most up-to-date principles of consistent development of the Strategy of Action in the conceptual conclusions and initiatives submitted by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mironovich Mirziyoyev to the Oliy Majlis on December 28, 2018 and the historical significance of the life of the country have been reflected in it.
It is obviously true that the appeal reflects the big challenges associated with the implementation of an innovative state policy that reflects the most current requirements of the modern life, which reflects the urgent needs of our country's development and renewal, and the achievement of great success, based on modern mechanisms and principles of democracy. At the same time, the leading principles and philosophy of implementing innovative policies were shown in line with the hopes and aspirations of our people.
In the end, globalization is seriously advancing in the international arena, and the potential for sustainable development is largely difficult due to global competition in all areas of the world's development, including political, economic, social, scientific and technological advancement. The outer influence of competition is affecting the process of domestic innovation policies [4, P. 12].
Moreover, the political situation associated with the occurrence of a new world of modern secular order has further compounded the complexity of the international relations system.
Nowadays, globalization has strengthened its intensity. The scope of the activities of non-state actors is increasing [5, P. 113].
This situation objectively implies the need to create opportunities for consistent implementation of innovative policies so that States can steadily move forward from the path of sustainable development.
As the President of the country Sh. Mirziyoyev said: "Today we live in a rapidly changing time. In the
world, the struggle of interests, competition, and the international situation are intensifying.
In drawing up a program of action for the next year, we must identify clear and specific priorities for our development, given this difficult situation in the international arena" [3].
The President's new Address to the Oliy Majlis sets out the principles of the reforms based on the ideas and ideas of democracy and the means of reforming the comprehensive innovation policy.
Indeed, it is possible to implement an innovative state policy, which will only meet modern requirements and requirements, effectively using democracy and its modern mechanisms.
In this regard, the President's Addressreflects the following points: "We will never turn from the path of democratic reforms. No matter how difficult it may be, we will only go forward - to new, even higher boundaries" [3].
The President's Address notes that the priority of the implementation of democratic rights and freedoms of citizens is at the heart of modern state policy in our country: "Our highest goal is that every person in Uzbekistan, regardless ofhis nationality, language and religion, live freely, in peace and prosperity, be satisfied with his life" [3].
Modern world experience shows that democratic, innovative public policy involves the integration of all spheres of public life, including public administration, economy, social sphere, science, and culture. At the same time, the need for innovative activity in all areas of society is strongly intertwined.
In this regard, it is worth noting that according to the initiative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, "the new Year ofActive Investments and Social Development" for the upcoming New Year 2019 has opened new opportunities for the realization of the Program of Development, covering all spheres of our life.
The development of the social sphere at the same time is a strong economy. In its turn, powerful resources have been created to achieve the glorious
goals of independent democratic development of the country through social development.
As the Head of our state noted:"Only by actively attracting investments, by introducing new production facilities, will we achieve accelerated development of our economy.
A positive results in the economy will consistently solve the accumulated problems in the social sphere. ...
In 2019, it is planned to absorb almost 138 trillion soums of investments from all sources, which is 16 percent more than in 2018.
Compared with the current year, the volume of foreign direct investment will increase by almost 1.5 times and will reach 4.2 billion dollars. Due to this, 142 modern enterprises will be commissioned" [3].
One of the most important issues in the application was that the modernization of the economy, which is an important aspect of innovation policy now, is raising to a qualitatively new level and a strong place among the strongest countries with high competitiveness in the production of competitive products.
In this regard, the Cabinet of Ministers has been tasked by the head of our state to develop the Concept of social and economic development of the country until 2030.
It is well known that the idea and principles of innovative policy are primarily a consistent implementation of state policy decisions aimed at stimulating and supporting innovation processes.
In this connection, it should be noted that the President's Address set a task to formulate a model of the most economical and up-to-date economy in the world and provide guarantees for its implementation.
As our President noted: "We should develop a national concept of the digital economy, providing for the renewal of all sectors of the economy based on digital technologies, and on this basis, introduce the program "Digital Uzbekistan - 2030".
The digital economy will allow for the growth of gross domestic product by at least 30 percent and
dramatically reduce corruption. This is confirmed by analytical studies of reputable international organizations" [3].
It is well known that in the modern world, incentives and support for the digital economy are the most important components of the innovative policy.
International experts have pointed out that economic activity, based on the use of digital, information and communication technologies.
According to the term "digital economy" was introduced in 1995 by Nicholas Negroponte, a specialist in information technology at the Massachusetts University of Massachusetts. Simultaneously, the digital economy is seen as a leading factor in maintaining the intensity and security of the economy in the current period. The best way to introduce innovations into the economy is also reflected in the digital economy.
It is important to emphasize that the task of raising the economic potential of our country to a higher level is accompanied by the further democratization of the political system of our society, its unprecedented increase in the effectiveness of the public administration system, and the introduction of innovative technologies in the political administration system.
The quintessence of innovation policy consists of rebuilding statehood and governance on the basis of the most advanced principles of democracy and to maximize the country's scientific, economic, social and cultural potential.
In particular, in the context of new models of democracy, which today are conceptually reflected in their all-embracing conceptions of "Democracy Demonstration", "Democratization of Democracy", "E-democracy", "Mobility Democracy" the essence of democratic mechanisms and their use of the essence of the relationship between political government and society.
These ideas have deeply enlarged the scope of democratic cooperation in the society on a large
scale by modern requirements, and their harmonization with real political processes" [6, P. 5].
The concept of the Presidential Address focuses on the issues of improving the effectiveness of their activities through consistent democratization of the activities of state bodies operating in the country.
The implementation of innovation policy implies the development of organizational and functional foundations of political institutions in line with modern requirements.
As our President said: "The introduction of modern, rational management - a key condition for the implementation of the tasks" [3].
In this regard, the application has outlined the main objectives of the Legislative Chamber of the country, the principles of further development of democratic roots, expansion of its power.
The head of our state noted that Parliament should strengthen its activities in making important decisions and controlling the implementation of laws.
Today, according to the Constitution, the Parliament approves the candidature of the Prime Minister, but does not participate in the appointment of ministers. Therefore, members of the government do not feel due responsibility to Parliament. In this regard, I propose to introduce the practice of approving members of the Cabinet ofMinisters by the Oliy Majlis... This practice should be introduced in the field, for the leaders of regional and district organizations [3].
Based on these ideas, the implementation of the task of promoting the authority of the central and local representative bodies in the country based on democratic principles will be implemented. As a result, the citizen's direction will be strengthened.
In the Presidential Address there are mentioned some of the key ideas that are critical to the governance: "to optimize the executive system, continue administrative reform and widely apply modern management methods in public administration." In this context, the role of the executive in the
implementation of large-scale reforms has been further enhanced.
It should be noted that the Address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan reflects the methods and principles, which are based on the most modern requirements for expanding the innovation bases in public administration.
As it is noted in the President's Address: "Taking into account the opinions and suggestions of citizens, we must continue to reform the public administration system and gradually move to the principles of advanced state management and "smart" management.
This means that from now on, state institutions will work directly with citizens. State bodies should be the assistants of the people, including entrepreneurs" [3].
It should be noted that the conceptual bases of sustainable development of the country and the modern mechanisms of their guaranteed implementation are reflected in the ideas of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In this way, the new foundations and potential opportunities of the country's development were further strengthened.
In the idea of contemporary development, a special place has been given to the issues of human capital development, its thinking and its potential to innovation in society. The human factor is now seen as a powerful source of renewal and modernization, which is stronger than ever before.
In the Presidential Address we can see that it is payed a special attention to the issue of increasing the culture, life expectancy and the most important ability of the people of our country as a person.
In this historic document, the head of our state based on the principle of raising the national culture of our people and on the basis of which the qualitative indicators of the social potential of our society are new. Its essence is the following:
First of all, it was based on the rational ground of the renewal and promotion of leading foundations of the national idea of our society on the basis of mod-
ern requirements and needs and directing its results to the country's comprehensive development.
As the President noted: "It is necessary to develop a national idea, which is a source of inspiration and strength for us in achieving our lofty goals.
We need to strengthen our national self-awareness, study the ancient and rich history of our Motherland more deeply, step up research work in this direction, fully support the work of humanitarian scientists" [3].
Indeed, in today's political philosophy ofdevelop-ment of our society, the priority is the realization of the interests of the human being in a guaranteed and comprehensive way, identifying individual freedom and perfection as a noble goal. This approach meets the most demanding modern standards of society.
In today's democracies' ideas, the rule of the society is strongly influenced by the development of the human and its potential.
Our President underlined: "We all understand well that reform is an update, a change. In order for the reforms to give a positive result, our whole society must change, above all, we ourselves, the leaders. If a person changes, the country will change" [3].
So, it must be said that a special place in science, education, and science has been allocated to the members of our society in modern thinking, with a view to achieving a high level of understanding of the priorities and development goals of the country, with a sense of belonging to the ongoing reforms.
The head of state said that there is a wise word in our people that education and training begin with the cradle. Only enlightenment can lead a person to perfection and society development.
Therefore, state policy should be based on the principle of continuing education, i.e., the kindergarten and continuity of the whole life.
Therefore, we have to focus on human capital and mobilize all the opportunities".
In this regard, it should be noted that the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan ofJanuary 17, 2019 "On the State Program for the
Implementation of the Strategy of Actions on five priority directions of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021 in the "Year of Active Investments and Social Development" was a crucial development strategy.
The concept has been upgraded with the decree. In this regard, it is consistently implemented that the people are consistently implemented.
The Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to further improve the system of work with the problems of the population" of January 17, 2019.
In particular, as stated in the Decree: "Starting from February 1, 2019, along with the existing system ofwork of the People's Admissions, with the appeals of the population, a new system providing for the iden-
tification and solution of the People's Receptions of problems through the courtyard bypassing the direct work of state bodies with the population" [7].
Now the principles of the state bodies' activity are radically updated on the basis of the new glorious and realistic ideas expressed in the Presidential Address. The main goal is to introduce the most effective and effective principles of humanism and human rights in our country.
In this process, the rule of the nation will be stronger. In the system of democratic dialogue between the government and society, the status and activity of the citizens of the country are enhanced.
Such kind of positive changes will lead a quick and continuous development of our independent country.
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