Press release

On February 6, 2023, an online training workshop was held at the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan for employees of regional Call-centres on the preparation and conduct of early elections of members of the Mazhilis of the Parliament and maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan, scheduled for March 19, 2023. The workshop was also attended by members of territorial election commissions in charge of electoral education and chairpersons of district election commissions.

The main speakers were CEC members and a representative of the iKomek 109 monitoring and response centre in Astana.

Konstantin Petrov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission, spoke about the peculiarities of preparing and holding early elections of members of the Mazhilis of the Parliament and maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He covered the topics on the introduction of a mixed electoral system, the activities of observers, the operation of imperative law, the stages of nomination, registration of candidates and election campaigning, the specifics of the formation of voter lists and others.

Yerkebulan Ali, deputy head of the iKomek 109 Monitoring and Response Centre in Astana, shared his work experience and spoke about practical cases during the election period.

CEC Member Sabila Mustafina spoke about the financial features of the participation of candidates and political parties in the early elections of members of the Mazhilis of the Parliament and maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who spoke about the financing of the electoral process, making an electoral contribution, forming an electoral fund, reporting on finances and liability for violation of the law.

At the end of the workshop, the audience received answers to their questions and expressed their wishes about the need to hold such workshops on an ongoing basis.

Based on the acquired knowledge and materials, representatives of the territorial election commissions will organise similar workshops in the field.

More than 240 people took part in the workshop.