Registration of Sadi-Bek Tugel as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

On May 3, 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 Sadi-Bek Tugel 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 member of the Central Election Commission, Bakhyt Meldeshov, presented a draft Resolution.

On April 22, 2019, the documents of Sadi-Bek Tugel on his nomination as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the Republican Public Association “Uly Dala Kyrandary, Public Social and Cultural Movement” were submitted to the Central Election Commission:

- a copy of the extract from the protocol of the meeting of the highest body of the Republican Public Association “Uly Dala Kyrandary, Public Social and Cultural Movement” on the nomination of Sadi-Bek Tugel for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the attachment of a copy of the registration document of the Republican Public Association “Uly Dala Kyrandary, Public Social and Cultural Movement” in the Ministry of Justice;

- the statement by Sadi-Bek Tugel 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. 18/249 of the Central Election Commission dated April 26, 2019 established that the presidential candidate Sadi-Bek Tugel 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 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 Sadi-Bek Tugel;

- a medical certificate confirming that the presidential candidate Sadi-Bek Tugel has no diseases hindering his registration as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

- protocols of territorial election commissions on the verification of collected signatures of citizens in support of the presidential candidate Sadi-Bek Tugel.

According to these protocols, the proxies collected signatures of 122,102 citizens in 15 regions of Kazakhstan in support of the presidential candidate Sadi-Bek Tugel, and 120,175 of them have been 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 Sadi-Bek Tugel 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 Sadi-Bek Tugel 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 Sadi-Bek Tugel 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 Sadi-Bek Tugel;

- to provide Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC with information on the registration of the presidential candidate Sadi-Bek Tugel for opening a special temporary account;

- to publish in the media information on the registration of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Sadi-Bek Tugel.