The CEC has registered opposition candidate Nurlan Auesbayev

The Central Election Commission has registered Nurlan Auesbayev as a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections on November 20, the correspondent reports Tengrinews.kz .

"The required number of reliable signatures in support of this presidential candidate, established by the CEC resolution, is at least 118,273. According to the protocols of the territorial election commissions, 120,908 signatures of citizens in 15 regions of Kazakhstan were collected by proxies in support of candidate Auesbayev Nurlan Satybaldievich. Of these, 119,197 signatures were recognized as reliable. That is, the necessary amount has been provided," said CEC member Sabila Mustafina.

According to the conclusion of the linguistic commission, Nurlan Auesbayev is fluent in the state language.

Mustafina also said that the candidate has no diseases that prevent his registration.

"All the documents necessary for the registration of Nurlan Auesbayev as a presidential candidate have been submitted to the CEC and fully comply with the requirements presented to them," Mustafina explained.

The CEC members voted for the registration of the candidate.

On October 1, Nurlan Auesbayev was nominated as a presidential candidate from the National Social Democratic Party. Auesbayev is the head of the capital branch of the OSDP.

Nurlan Auesbayev was born in 1957. A native of the Turkestan region. He has a higher education, graduated from the Auezov South Kazakhstan State University, worked for a long time in responsible positions in local executive bodies.