Jenishbek Toktorbaev: Kazakhstani citizens can freely vote in Kyrgyzstan

Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are in the Kyrgyz Republic have the opportunity to vote in the election of the President of Kazakhstan, said Jenishbek Toktorbaev, international observer from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, member of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Subsoil Use and Industrial Policy, who visited a polling station opened in the building of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan today, November 20, and studied the equipment of the polling station and observed citizens’ expression of will.

“Voting is quite accessible for those living in Kyrgyzstan, the polling station is free. I commend the organization of the voting process and the preparation of the polling station; all conditions have been created for Kazakhstani citizens living in Kyrgyzstan,” Jenishbek Toktorbaev said.

“I studied the information on the candidates, all candidates have a common goal: development of the state, and may the strongest win,” emphasized Jenishbek Toktorbaev.

As you may recall, in accordance with the decision of Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the CSTO PA Council, Chairman of the State Duma of the federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and at the invitation of Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, on September 24, 2022, the CSTO PA has formed a group of international observers to monitor the preparation and voting at the early election of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Vagharshak Hakobyan, member of the CSTO PA Standing Commission on Socioeconomic and Legal Issues, deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on Regional Issues and Eurasian Integration, was appointed as the coordinator of the CSTO PA observers.

The group consists of representatives of supreme legislative bodies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States: the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.