Registration of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

On 3 May, 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. Registration of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the early election of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, scheduled for June 9, 2019.

A Secretary of the Central Election Commission, Sabila Mustafina, presented a draft Resolution.

On April 23, 2019, the documents of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev on his nomination as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the Public Association “Nur Otan Party” were submitted to the Central Election Commission:

- a copy of the extract from the protocol of the meeting of the highest body of the Public Association “Nur Otan Party” on the nomination of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

- the statement by Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev about his consent to run as a candidate for the President;

- biographical data;

- a document certifying the payment of the election contribution.

On the basis of these documents, as well as the candidate’s fluency in the state language, Resolution No. 16/244 of the Central Election Commission dated April 25, 2019 established that the presidential candidate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev complies with the Constitution and the Constitutional Act “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, and the signature sheets were issued for collecting signatures of citizens.

The following documents were also submitted for the candidate’s registration at the Central Election Commission:

- a certificate of the state revenue authority on the submission of the income and property declaration by the presidential candidate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev;

- a medical certificate confirming that the presidential candidate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev has no diseases hindering his registration;

- protocols of territorial election commissions of oblasts, cities of republican significance and the capital of the Republic on the verification of collected signatures of citizens in support of the presidential candidate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev.

According to these protocols, the proxies collected signatures of 315,910 citizens in all 17 regions of Kazakhstan in support of the presidential candidate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, and 313,653 of them were considered reliable.

At the same time, the required number of reliable signatures in support of a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, established by Resolution No. 13/237 of the Central Election Commission dated April 15, 2019, is at least 118,140 signatures.

All documents required for the registration of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev as a presidential candidate have been submitted to the Central Election Commission and fully comply with the requirements imposed on them.

Based on the above, the Resolution “Registration of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the early election of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, scheduled for June 9, 2019” was adopted.

The Regulation specifies:

- to register Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the early election of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, scheduled for June 9, 2019;

- to issue a corresponding candidate’s ID to the presidential candidate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev;

- to provide Halyk Savings Bank Joint-Stock Company with information on the registration of the presidential candidate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev for opening a special temporary account;

- to publish in the media a message on the registration of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev.