Bishkek, April 10, 2021. / Kabar /. Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan Nurzhan Shaildabekova met with the Mission of International Observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA) headed by deputy of the Turkish National Assembly Sheer Recep, the press service of the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
“The upcoming referendum is part of the stabilization of the political situation in the country. For example, in January, along with the early presidential elections, we held a referendum to determine the form of government in the Kyrgyz Republic, a consultative survey. 80% of citizens spoke in favor of the transition to the presidential form of government, and now we are holding a referendum on the draft Constitution, which indicates the basic norms for the transition to a presidential system.
We are working to develop legislation for parliamentary elections as soon as possible. If the Constitution is approved, then the adoption of legislation on the presidential and parliamentary elections in May-June is expected. Since the main requirement of citizens during the crisis was not to choose a closed party list, but to be able to vote for specific candidates, it is possible that a proportional system with open lists will be introduced. Now a Working Group, formed by the President, is working on this, which brings together parliament members, independent experts, and the CEC. We analyze the best practices of parliamentary elections.
In any type of elections, we must preserve the standards of democratic elections that were achieved in the course of reforms, and make the achievements sustainable. The holding of parliamentary elections should allow political stabilization,” the head of the CEC of the Kyrgyz Republic informed the mission.
International observers were told about the peculiarities of the upcoming elections of deputies of local councils on April 11. There are 483 councils in Kyrgyzstan, now elections are being held in 448.
“A new approach to women's participation should be noted. For city councils, under the proportional system, there has always been a requirement for no more than 70% of one sex in the lists of candidates for deputies. The village councils have a majority system, candidates from parties and self-nominated candidates can participate. The representation of women in ail councils is only 9%, therefore the country has introduced a special quota for women - 30%. Now 5.3 thousand women are running for 2.9 thousand reserved seats, that is, two people per seat.
The second feature is financial transparency. On a special website of the CEC, there is all income and all expenses by parties and candidates by surname, indicating who contributed, to whom and how much was paid. This is the transparency of electoral funds during elections, and the parliament is considering a law on political parties, which contains a rule that political parties also publish reports between elections,” the head of the CEC of the Kyrgyz Republic told the mission.
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