Kyrgyz president Sadyr Żaparov appointed early parliamentary elections for November 30. The applicable decree was published on the authoritative website of the head of state.
Under the decree, the Central Election and Referendum Commission was required to hold elections in accordance with national law, utilizing a distant voting system. The government is to supply the essential financial resources for their organisation and, in the preparatory period, take action to warrant the regulation of law, defend citizens' rights and freedoms and keep public order. The Cabinet of Ministers has besides been entrusted with a number of another tasks, including: updating the Single State registry of Kyrgyzstan's Population to produce accurate electoral lists, improving the strategy of real-time voter recognition (online), organising and operating communication channels, supporting the Central Election Commission and referendums on cybersecurity, and ensuring the safe retention of voting equipment and the recognition of voters.
On 25 September, Members of the 7th Żogorek Kenesh (the Kyrgyz Parliament) decided to dissolve the Chamber. Under the law, the president is required to set an early election date within 5 days of announcing the decision to dissolve Parliament.
The upcoming elections will be held according to a fresh system, approved in the Constitutional Act signed by Żaparów in June this year. 30 multiple constituencies will be created throughout the country, of which 3 MEPs will be elected. A single mandate in each territory will be allocated within a sex parity, which will guarantee that at least 30 women sit in parliament.
Even before the adoption of the amendments, Żaparov identified the fresh strategy as "the right option for the Kyrgyz people". He explained that this would give citizens a real right to choose, and if voters were dissatisfied with the decision, they would gotta take work for it.
Source: Fergana Agency
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