MINSK, 25 September (BelTA) – Over 120 observers will make part of the CIS observation mission at the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, BelTA learned from the mission headquarters.
The formation of the mission continues. Documents for the accreditation of more than 120 observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States have been sent to the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan. Among them are representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State, and the CIS Executive Committee.
As part of the preparations for the event, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Viktor Guminsky met with Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Jumakadyrov to discuss matters related to the election campaign and the forthcoming activity of the mission.
The participants of the monitoring delegation also got familiar with the activity of some of the precinct election commissions of Bishkek. Chairman of the Bishkek Election Commission Kairat Mamatov informed the observers on the progress in the preparations for the elections.
As BelTA reported earlier, the election observation mission will be led by Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev.
The presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan are scheduled for 15 October. Thirteen candidates, five of whom have been nominated by parties, will run for the post of the president. Incumbent head of state Almazbek Atambayev is not allowed to run again because the constitution sets a single six-year term for the head of state.
