Registration of Amirzhan Kossanov as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

On May 6, 2019, a meeting of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held, attended by representatives of a number of political parties and state authorities. The meeting addressed a draft Resolution:

1. Registration of Amirzhan Kossanov 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, Akylbek Ikhdanov, presented the 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:

1) an extract from the protocol of the meeting of the highest body 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) the statement by Amirzhan Kossanov about his consent to run as a candidate for the President with the attachment of copies of the identity card and higher education diploma, biographical data, data about the experience in the public service or in elective government positions;

3) a document certifying the payment of the election contribution to the account of the Central Election Commission.

On the basis of these documents, as well as of the candidate’s fluency in the state language, Resolution No. 22/255 of the Central Election Commission dated April 30, 2019, established that the presidential candidate Amirzhan Kossanov complies with the requirements of 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 Amirzhan Kossanov;

- a medical certificate confirming that the presidential candidate Amirzhan Kossanov 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 Amirzhan Kossanov.

According to these protocols, the proxies collected signatures of 131,189 citizens in 14 regions of Kazakhstan in support of the presidential candidate Amirzhan Kossanov, and 129,582 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 Amirzhan Kossanov as a presidential candidate have been submitted to the Central Election Commission and fully comply with the requirements of the legislation.

Based on the above, the Resolution “Registration of Amirzhan Kossanov 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 stipulates the following:

- to register Amirzhan Kossanov 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 Amirzhan Kossanov;

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