Kazakhstan’s Union of Lawyers Creates Special Office to Increase Public Awareness about Elections

ASTANA – A particular workplace arrange by Kazakhstan’s Union of Legal professionals dubbed the workplace For Truthful Elections continues its work throughout the nation with the purpose of fostering goal public opinion concerning the electoral course of. 

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan on Nov. 20. Thus far, Central Election Fee registered three presidential candidates. Picture credit score: jurist-kaz.kz

The union defined the choice to create the particular workplace, arrange on Sept. 27, saying that there’s a want to supply data, methodological and advisory help to the electoral course of based mostly on free, open and truthful procedures, political competitors, and compliance with the legislation within the implementation of electoral applied sciences. 

“A vital course of is going down in our nation – the presidential election course of. Throughout this era, we, the Union of Legal professionals of Kazakhstan, determined to create a headquarters to prepare work to clarify the constitutional legislation on presidential elections. The duty is similar – to clarify the provisions of the legislation. We’re a public group with our personal opinions and rules. Our precept is to brazenly convey to our residents the provisions that they need to know. We’re able to reply all questions of residents on constitutional legislation,” mentioned the union’s chair Serik Akylbay. 

The headquarters embody attorneys, professors, and educators. Talking about the important thing areas of their work, Akylbay famous that monitoring the course of the electoral marketing campaign and authorized help to its members, directing attorneys to take part within the public debate on elections, getting ready methodological supplies on election procedures for observers, members of election commissions, and representatives of legislation enforcement businesses, offering a authorized evaluation of the electoral course of and responding to the info of violations of the legislation, are the important thing duties of the group. 

“We’re within the midst of a significant political change in our nation. For the primary time in 30 years, we could have elections at such an inclusive stage. The headquarters believes that it’s needed to help the general public of the nation in order that the elections could be free and open, aimed on the implementation of the precept of justice,” mentioned member of the group and physician of legislation Indira Aubakirova. 

Because the headquarters expands its work to different areas, the workplace started its work in Almaty on Oct. 11. At a press briefing, the pinnacle of the workplace’s Almaty department Bauyrzhan Makulbayev mentioned that members of the headquarters and regional representatives are targeted on strengthening interplay with the media, non-governmental and worldwide organizations on monitoring efforts for the electoral marketing campaign.

“These actions will by no means prioritize any candidate. We’ll conduct unbiased authorized recommendation and supply authorized help. We’re able to cooperate with all bodily and authorized group organizations. This motion was created to make sure that each citizen with lively suffrage can absolutely know his or her rights and obligations and implement them in accordance with the Structure of Kazakhstan,” mentioned Makulbayev.

Virtually one month is left earlier than Kazakh residents will head to the polls to vote for his or her subsequent President. In response to the current constitutional amendments, an elected candidate will serve for a single seven-year time period with no proper for re-election. 

Whereas the nation’s Central Election Fee continues to confirm the compliance of proposed candidacies with the Structure and electoral legal guidelines, campaigning is predicted to start on Oct. 21 and final via Nov. 18.