At the meetings of the Cabinet of Ministers, the most important issues of state administration, economy and socio-cultural development are resolved.

Every week, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan holds councils with the participation of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Head of the Information and Analytical Department and the Head of the Apparatus, where the issues of organizing the execution of the tasks of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the daily activities of the government apparatus are discussed.

The Cabinet of Ministers issues decisions and orders that must be implemented by all bodies, enterprises, institutions, organizations, officials and citizens in the entire territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan in aby current legislation.

The government of Uzbekistan has instead tightened its grip since independence (September 1, 1991), cracking down increasingly on opposition groups.

The government has justified its restraint of public assembly, opposition parties, and the media by emphasizing the need for stability and a gradual approach to change during the transitional period, citing the conflict and chaos in the other former republics (most convincingly, neighboring Tajikistan).

This approach has found credence among a large share of Uzbekistan's population, although such a position may not be sustainable in the long run.

Whatever initial movement toward democracy existed in Uzbekistan in the early days of independence seems to have been overcome by the inertia of the remaining Soviet-style strong centralized leadership.