Deputies decide on date of the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan

Today the parliament considered the draft law on presidential elections and sent it to the vote.

Under the bill, the next presidential election is held on the third Sunday in October, in which the term of office of the president expires, to which he was elected. Elections are appointed by the parliament not later than 4 months before the election day.

After the meeting of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev with CEC chairman Nurzhan Shaildabekova, the voting date was announced — November 19. After that lawyers of Ata Meken declared violation, as the powers of the head of the KR expire on December 1. In such a short time, the Central Election Commission won’t have time to sum up the results of the elections. The Socialists proposed to hold voting on August 27.

The parliamentarians agreed that it would be inappropriate to hold elections in late November. It was also proposed to consider the date of October 1. After multiple disputes and discussions, the deputies decided that it would be optimal to appoint a vote on October 15.

The bill in the third reading was supported by 106 deputies, against — 9.