Registration of party lists for the upcoming Kurultai elections is nearing
completion, with the process officially set to close at 6 p.m. on July 23. To
date, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered the lists of
political parties, including Respublica, Aq Jol, the Nationwide Social
Democratic Party, Baytaq, and the People’s Party of Kazakhstan. The People’s
Party has nominated 72 candidates, with women, young people, and persons with
disabilities accounting for nearly 42% of the list, fully meeting the legal
quota requirements. According to the CEC, all candidates have been verified for
compliance with the requirements of the Constitution and the Law on Elections.
The People’s Party is also exempt from paying the election deposit after
securing more than 5% of the vote in the previous Mazhilis elections.
«Our
party list includes professionals from virtually every key sector in Kazakhstan. These are not populist theorists but
experienced practitioners with the highest levels of expertise and education.
Among our candidates are doctors of science, master’s degree holders,
professors, distinguished teachers, Honored Figures of Kazakhstan, honorary builders, honorary lawyers, recipients of state prizes
and state honors, as well as participants in the «100 New Faces of Kazakhstan»
project,» said Nursultan Shokanov, Chairman of the People’s
Party of Kazakhstan.
The number of candidates nominated by the Baytaq Green Party of Kazakhstan
for the Kurultai has also been announced. The party will field 47 candidates in
the upcoming elections. The CEC also reported that Baytaq has paid 70% of the
required election deposit. The reduced deposit applies to political parties
that secured more than 2% of the vote in the elections to the Mazhilis of the
eighth convocation.
«Our party list includes 18 candidates who are women,
young people, and persons with disabilities, accounting for a combined 38.3% of
the total. The quota established by law has been fully met. All candidates on
the party list comply with the requirements of the Constitution and the
Constitutional Law on Elections,» said Azamatkhan Amirtayev, Chairman of the Baytaq
Green Party of Kazakhstan.
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