Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan completes accreditation of observers of international organizations and foreign states

On 4 January, a meeting of the Central Election Commission was held on the accreditation of observers of international organizations and foreign states for the regular elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament and Maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan, scheduled for 10 January.

The meeting was attended by representatives of political parties, OSCE / ODIHR Missions and the CIS, in virtual mode - territorial election commissions, online - representatives of the media.

Anastasia Schegortsova, member of the Central Election Commission, said that for the period from December 29, 2020 to January 4, 2021, 24 observers from 4 international organizations and 7 foreign states were additionally submitted to the Central Election Commission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for accreditation.

In this regard, the Central Election Commission adopted a resolution on the accreditation of observers from international organizations and foreign states.

Summing up the results of the meeting, Chairman of the CEC Berik Imashev noted that the issue of accreditation of observers of international organizations and foreign states was considered at 7 meetings of the CEC.

In accordance with the Constitutional Law ‘On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan’, the accreditation of observers of foreign states and international organizations ended at 18.00 local time five days before voting day, that is, today at 18.00.

Thus, according to the results of the accreditation of observers of foreign states and international organizations, 398 observers were accredited for the next elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament (lower chamber) and Maslikhats (house of local representatives) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of which:

• From 10 international organizations - 322 observers (CIS Interparliamentary Assembly - 48; CIS Executive Committee - 179; Organization of Islamic Cooperation - 4; OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - 42; OSCE Parliamentary Assembly - 9; Shanghai Cooperation Organization - 15; Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States - 7; Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization - 7; Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries - 9; EU Delegation to Kazakhstan - 2), and;
• from the 31st foreign state - 76 (Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Moldova, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Romania, India, Philippines, Hungary, Spain, Norway, France, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Estonia, Ukraine, Germany, Belgium, Palestine, Great Britain, Mongolia, Sweden, Canada, Finland).

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