Seminar-meeting "On the organization and conduct of direct elections of akims of cities of district significance, villages, townships, rural districts"

On May 25 this year The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. Tokayev signed the Constitutional Law "On Amendments and Additions to the Constitutional Law" On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan "and other legislative acts on election issues.
Today, the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted a seminar-meeting "On the organization and conduct of direct elections of akims of cities of regional significance, villages, townships, rural districts."
Representatives of territorial election commissions and local executive bodies took part in the seminar.
At the seminar-meeting, the legal and organizational aspects of holding direct elections of akims, issues of organizing training for participants in the electoral process, financing the campaign, ensuring the electoral rights of persons with disabilities, as well as the issue of information support for the activities of election commissions were considered. The issues were considered taking into account the amendments and additions to the legislation related to the elections of akims of the rural level.
During the event, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Berik Imashev noted that the electoral system and the central state and local executive bodies involved in the organization of elections face a large-scale task - to ensure that they are held in accordance with the law with strict adherence to electoral procedures. He stressed that this makes special demands on the competence of members of election commissions at all levels, the coherence of their work.
The seminar was held in full compliance with the established sanitary and epidemiological requirements.