Karimov is critical, confirms Uzbek cabinet
Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Uzbek government has said that President Islam Karimov is in critical condition.
Members of Cabinet of Uzbekistan held their first meeting on Friday morning September 2, 2016 after the critical medical conditions of President Islam Karimov who had brain hemorrhage this week.
Meanwhile, it is feared that President Karimov has already died but news about his death would be announced after placing new President of the country. According to rules, power goes to Head of Senate for three months if President fails to run the country on medical grounds.
“He is dead or alive but he can not perform his official duties and new president has to be placed. Senate Chairman Nigmatulla Yuldashev can take charge of the country if health condition of President Karimov remains unstable“, said official circles.
Cabinet confirmed that President Islam Karimov is in critical condition and released first statement published by local newspapers about the health of Father of nation and founding President of country.
Uzbekistan’s cabinet issued a statement on September 2 saying President Islam Karimov is in critical condition after having a stroke.
States says:
“With a heavy heart that we inform you that in the past 24 hours the condition of our president saw a sharp deterioration and is considered critical by the doctors”.
Uzbekistan can face serious economical and administrative issues in case his founding President and Father of Nation Islam Karimov dies or fails to run this landlocked Central Asian state.
According to unofficial information, Karimov spent his childhood in a very poor family and was sent to orphanage of Samarkand during world war II. He grew up as a son of Soviet Union and was one of top students of orphanage and government school of Samarkand. He got higher degrees in economics and engineering. Karimov loved his motherland as a real mother and devoted his whole life to his country selflessly.
Communist system allowed him to reach at the level of First Secretary Uzbek Communist Party in just 40 years. He became President of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic on 24 March 1990. He was known for his zero tolerance against those who could defy orders of the State and he crushed inter-ethnic clashes and instability in the Fergana Region just after becoming Uzbek Presidency.
Crumbling of former Soviet Union system gave a chance to Islam Karimov to proclaim Independence from Kremlin rulers and he declared Uzbekistan as an independent nation on 31 August 1991. He was elected first president of Uzbekistan on 29 December 1991. Since then, re ruled the country.
