Establishment of the compliance of candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Amirzhan Kossanov

 

On April 30, 2019, a meeting of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held, attended by representatives of political parties and a number of state authorities. The meeting addressed a draft Resolution:

1. Establishment of the compliance of candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Amirzhan Kossanov with the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan”.

 

A member of the Central Election Commission, Akylbek Ikhdanov, presented a draft Resolution.

On April 27, 2019, the documents of Amirzhan Kossanov on his nomination as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the Republican Public Association “Ult Tagdyry United National Patriotic Movement” were submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with Article 54 and Article 55 of the Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan”:

1. Extract from the protocol of the meeting of the Republican Public Association “Ult Tagdyry United National Patriotic Movement” on the nomination of Amirzhan Kossanov for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2. A document certifying the payment of the election contribution to the account of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3. The statement by Amirzhan Kossanov about his consent to run as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the attachment of his biographical data, a copy of the identity document, copies of the higher education diplomas, documents confirming experience in the public service or in elective government positions.

The Central Election Commission sent requests to the authorized state bodies to assist in verifying the compliance of candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Kazakhstan Amirzhan Kossanov with the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan", and the relevant information was received.

 

On April 29, 2019, a meeting of the linguistic commission to establish fluency of Amirzhan Kossanov in the state language was held at the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

According to the results of the examination, the linguistic commission decided that the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Amirzhan Kossanov, is fluent in the state language (protocol No. 8 of the meeting of April 29, 2019).

The Central Election Commission has found that Amirzhan Kossanov:

1. based on information from the Migration Service Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan by birth, who has been living in Kazakhstan for the last fifteen years;

2. has higher education;

3. on the basis of information from the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Records of the Prosecutor General's Office:

- he has no criminal record;

- he has not been found guilty of committing corruption crime or offense;

- he has the right to vote;

4. based on information from the Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption, he has experience in public service, which is at least 5 years.

Clause 1 of the Resolution, adopted following the examination, establishes that candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Kazakhstan Amirzhan Kossanov meets with the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan”.

Clause 2 of the Resolution instructs election commissions of oblasts, cities of republican significance, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan to issue to Amirzhan Kossanov the signature sheets for collecting signatures in support of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

It is important to note that the collection of signatures shall be carried out by proxies of the presidential candidate and be documented by signature sheets.

The registration of proxies is carried out by territorial election commissions on the basis of the Instruction approved by the relevant Resolution of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan.