The Central Election Commission adopted a resolution on establishing 

the compliance of candidate for the President of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan B. Zhanabayev

On October 13, 2022, a meeting of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held under the chairmanship of Nurlan Abdirov, which was attended by representatives of state bodies, the media; members of the territorial election commissions of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital participated via videoconference. 

The meeting considered the issue of establishing the compliance of candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakyt Zhanabayev. 

Member of the Central Election Commission Sabila Mustafina made a report on the agenda item. She reported that in relation to candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan B. Zhanabayev, the CEC of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the requirements of Article 59 of the Constitutional Act on Elections, sent relevant requests to the authorised state bodies. According to the information received from them in relation to B. Zhanabayev there are no obstacles to his registration as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

Thus, according to the data of the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounts of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, B. Zhanabayev complies with the requirements of the Constitution and the Constitutional Act “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan” for candidates for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

According to the information provided from: 

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bakyt Zhanabayev is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan by birth, has lived in Kazakhstan for the last 46 years. 

The Agency for Civil Service Affairs, he has 21 years of experience in the civil service. 

The Ministry of Justice, “Kazakhstan League of Football Fans” Public Association, which nominated a candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has a document on registration with the Ministry of Justice. 

According to the conclusion of the linguistic commission dated October 13, 2022, he is fluent in the state language. 

He has higher education. 

In this regard, the Central Election Commission resolved to: 

1. Establish that candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakyt Zhanabayev complies with the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan.” 

2. Issue signature sheets in the required amount to collect signatures in support of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

Collection of signatures will be carried out by proxies of the candidate. Registration of proxies will be carried out by territorial election commissions on the basis of the Instruction approved by the Central Election Commission on November 21, 2011 No. 62/108. 

Following the meeting of the Central Election Commission, a briefing was held with the participation of representatives of the media, at which members of the CEC answered questions from the media.