Monday, June 10 2019 11:37

ArmInfo.The CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly observers held a final meeting on the  results of monitoring the presidential elections in the Republic of  Kazakhstan.  The press service of the CIS IPA told ArmInfo that at  the meeting the participants exchanged impressions of observing the  voting process at the polling stations in Nur-Sultan and settlements  of Akmola, Zhambyl and Karaganda regions of the Republic of  Kazakhstan.

The meeting participants studied the summary data on the results of  the observations, as well as information on the monitoring of the  presidential elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan at foreign  polling stations in Baku (Azerbaijan Republic), Yerevan (Armenia),  Minsk (Belarus), Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic), Moscow and St. Petersburg  (Russian Federation).

At the end of the meeting, the opinion of the IPA CIS observers was  unanimously approved and signed.  The report also stresses that  international observers from the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly  conducted the most complete monitoring of the voting process at the  extraordinary presidential elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan.  They attended the opening of polling stations in Nur-Sultan, during  the day they visited polling stations in the capital, as well as in  the Akmola, Zhambyl and Karaganda regions of the country. In  addition, observers from the IPA CIS took part in monitoring the  voting process at six foreign polling stations established at the  diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Kazakhstan in  Baku (Azerbaijan), Yerevan (Republic of Armenia), Minsk (Republic of  Belarus), Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic ), Moscow and St. Petersburg  (Russian Federation). In the polling stations covered by the  monitoring, the voting process was organized at a sufficiently high  level and in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of  the Republic of Kazakhstan. Observers noted an active voter turnout.   To note, the snap presidential elections were held on the ninth of  June. Seven candidates run for the main state post. According to the  exit poll, the current president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart  Tokayev, leads, gaining almost 70% of the vote. He thanked his team  for the work done and commented on voting.  In Kazakhstan, the  president is elected for five years. There is no turnout threshold,  the elections will be declared valid in any case. To win, the  candidate must collect more than 50% of the vote.