The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a meeting of the linguistic commission on April 27, 2019

On April 27, 2019, the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a meeting of the linguistic commission to establish fluency of Zhambyl Akhmetbekov in the state language, a nominee from the Public Association “Communist People’s Party of Kazakhstan”.

The linguistic examination had all three stages: a written assignment on a topic, reading a printed text and public speaking for at least fifteen minutes on a topic given by the linguistic commission. After the examination, there was a discussion and debriefing by the linguistic commission. The meeting was attended by a member of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Lyazzat Suleimen.

Mass media had the opportunity to attend the beginning of the examination and learn about the results of the examination immediately after the debriefing. A member of the linguistic commission, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Yessim Garifolla, voiced the results of the meeting.

The writing task was on the topic: “Rukhani Zhangyru”. The written work was evaluated on the content, style, spelling and punctuation. According to the evaluation of the written work, the members of the commission concluded that the applicant freely expresses his thoughts in writing in the state language.

As for the second assignment, the applicant read an excerpt from the novel “Kakhar” by Ilyas Yessenberlin.

The third task was a 15-minute speech on the topic “Unity of the Nation is the Foundation for Peaceful Relations”. The member of the commission noted that the applicant articulated his thoughts fluently and showed a proper level of proficiency in the state language.

The linguistic commission, by open vote, unanimously decided that the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Zhambyl Akhmetbekov, is fluent in the state language.