Registration of Amangeldy Tasphikov as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

On May 4, 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 Amangeldy Tasphikov 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.

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

On April 25, 2019, the documents of Amangeldy Taspikhov on his nomination as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the Republican Association of Trade Unions “Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan” 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 Association of Trade Unions “Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan” on the nomination of Amangeldy Taspikhov for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the attachment of a copy of the registration document of the Republican Association of Trade Unions “Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan” in the Ministry of Justice;

- the statement by Amangeldy Taspikhov 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. 19/251 of the Central Election Commission dated April 27, 2019 established that the presidential candidate Amangeldy Taspikhov 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 Amangeldy Taspikhov;

- a medical certificate confirming that the presidential candidate Amangeldy Taspikhov 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 Amangeldy Taspikhov.

According to these protocols, the proxies collected signatures of 122,770 citizens in 15 regions of Kazakhstan (except for Almaty and Shymkent) in support of the presidential candidate Amangeldy Taspikhov, and 119,577 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 Amangeldy Taspikhov 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 Amangeldy Taspikhov 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 Resolution instructs:

- to register Amangeldy Taspikhov 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 Amangeldy Taspikhov;

- to provide Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC with information on the registration of the presidential candidate Amangeldy Taspikhov 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, Amangeldy Taspikhov.