A joint session of the Legislative Chamber and Senate of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan took place in the city of Tashkent on 8 September 2016 with the participation of deputies of the Legislative Chamber and members of the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, invited members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the heads of ministries and departments and representatives of other organizations and mass media.

The session began with a minute of silence to honour the memory of the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov. 

At the joint session of the chambers of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the issue of temporarily placing the exercise of the responsibilities and powers of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan was considered. 

During the joint session, the Chairman of the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, N.T.Yuldoshev, put forward a proposal on the advisability of temporarily placing the exercise of the responsibilities and powers of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Sh. M. Mirziyoyev, taking into account his work experience of many years in leading positions in bodies of state administration and government and respect among the population. 

This proposal from the Chairman of the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, N.T.Yuldoshev, had been approved by the Kengash (council) of the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which was taken cognizance of. 

The leaders of the factions of political parties, deputies and senators, taking into consideration the need to keep stability, to ensure public security and law and order and to effectively resolve the most important issues of the socio-political and socio-economic development of the country in the current conditions, supported the proposal of the Chairman of the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, N.T.Yuldoshev, 

The Legislative Chamber and Senate of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan adopted a joint resolution on temporarily placing the exercise of the responsibilities and powers of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Sh. M. Mirziyoyev, 

To the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan it was recommended that this commission should arrange the conduct of elections of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in complete conformity with the law “On elections of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan”. 

With this, the joint session of the chambers of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan completed its work.