The Central Election Commission adopted a resolution on establishing 

the compliance of candidate for the President of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan Meiram Kazhyken  

On October 8, 2022, a meeting of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held under the chairmanship of Nurlan Abdirov, which was attended by representatives of political parties, the media; members of the territorial election commissions of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital participated via videoconferencing.

The meeting considered the issue of establishing the compliance of candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Meiram Kazhyken.

Member of the Central Election Commission Shavkat Utemissov made a report on the agenda item. He said that regarding the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Meiram Kazhyken, the CEC of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the requirements of Article 59 of the Constitutional Act on Elections, sent relevant requests to the authorised state bodies. According to the information received from them, there are no obstacles for Meiram Kazhyken to register as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Thus, according to the data of the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Records of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Meiram Kazhyken meets the requirements of the Constitution and the Constitutional Act “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan” for candidates for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

According to the data provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan by birth and has been living in Kazakhstan for the last 61 year.

Based on the conclusion of the linguistic commission dated October 8, 2022, he is fluent in the state language.

He has a higher education according to the presented copy of the diploma (verification with the original diploma was carried out).

According to the data provided by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs, experience in civil service and elected public positions is 14 years.

According to the information provided by the Ministry of Justice, the republican association of trade unions “Amanat Cooperation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan,” which nominated a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has a document on registration with the Ministry of Justice.

In this regard, the Central Election Commission resolved to:

1. Establish that candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Meiram Kazhyken meets the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan.”

2. Issue signature sheets in the required number to collect signatures in support of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Collection of signatures will be carried out by proxies of the candidate. Registration of proxies will be carried out by territorial election commissions on the basis of the Instruction approved by the Central Election Commission on November 21, 2011 No. 62/108.

Following the meeting of the Central Election Commission, a briefing was held with the participation of representatives of the media, at which members of the CEC answered questions from the media.