International observers from the CSTO PA defined their strategy for monitoring the referendum in the Republic of Kazakhstan

As part of monitoring the preparation and voting at the constitutional referendum in the Republic of Kazakhstan, CSTO PA observers headed by Faizullo Barotzoda, CSTO PA observers’ coordinator, Chairman of the Commission for Parliamentary Ethics of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan, held a coordination meeting to determine their strategy of monitoring the voting process at the June 5 referendum.
In his speech during the meeting Faizullo Barotzoda reminded that “the group of international observers from the CSTO PA operates based on the principles of political neutrality, objectivity, non-interference in the referendum and observation of laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and fully meets the provisions set in the Convention on Standards of Democratic Elections, Voting Rights and Freedoms in the State Parties of the CIS.”
The observers reviewed the results of the analysis of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan conducted by the IPA CIS IIMDD regarding its compliance with the principles and norms of the Convention on Standards of Democratic Elections, Voting Rights and Freedoms in the State Parties of the CIS and other international obligations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in this area; the activity of the CEC of the Republic of Kazakhstan, territorial and precinct election commissions on the organization of the referendum; reports in the print and electronic media of the Republic of Kazakhstan covering the preparation and conduct of the referendum; and the general course of the referendum campaign.
As you may recall, following the invitation of the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs of May 6, 2022 and the instruction of Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the CSTO PA and Chairman of the Russian State Duma, international observers from the CSTO PA take part in the international observation of the preparation and voting at the referendum in the Republic of Kazakhstan on introducing amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
On June 5, the voting day, CSTO PA international observers will observe polling stations in Nur-Sultan and Almaty from the time of their opening until the end of the vote count.