The Adolat Social Democratic Party is drafting a bill to ban the sale, privatization, and transfer of state-owned educational and medical facilities, along with their designated lands.
Party officials argue that these properties must remain strictly under state ownership to accommodate a growing national population, citing an urgent and rising demand for new schools and kindergartens across all regions of Uzbekistan.
Adolat noted that while public land used for recreation, culture, and community welfare currently enjoys similar legal protections, properties belonging to educational and healthcare institutions remain vulnerable to privatization.
To highlight the issue, the party cited several high-profile land transfers. In 2020, property registered to School No. 243 in Tashkent was sold to a private firm without a public auction. More recently, the campus grounds of the former Borovsky Medical College and the Nizami National Pedagogical University were listed on an electronic auction platform.
Beyond imposing a sweeping ban on future sales, the proposed legislation calls for a comprehensive inventory of all lands and facilities stripped from the balances of schools and hospitals in recent years. Adolat demands that immediate legal action be taken against any uncovered irregularities.
Furthermore, the party proposes tightening state oversight on public assets previously sold under investment conditions. The bill aims to overhaul legal mechanisms to ensure these properties are swiftly returned to the state if buyers fail to meet their investment commitments or illegally alter the facility's original public purpose.
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