ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 24. The Kurultay
elections offer an opportunity to strengthen public participation,
build citizens’ trust, and advance the development of the country’s
representative institutions, Deputy Secretary-General of the
Organization of Turkic States, Nuru Guliyev, said, Trend's special correspondent
reports.


Nuru Guliyev made the statement during a briefing in Astana.


He noted that the mission included officials from the OTS
Secretariat, as well as representatives of the central election
commissions and government agencies of member states: Azerbaijan,
Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan. The mission carried out its
activities in accordance with the national legislation of
Kazakhstan, as well as with universally recognized norms of
international law governing the organization and conduct of
elections and referendums.


“The mission welcomes the establishment of the new Kurultay as a
unicameral legislative body and the holding of the first elections
to it, which is an important milestone in the development of the
institutional system of the Republic of Kazakhstan.”


“In this context, the mission welcomes the efforts of the
electoral authorities and other stakeholders aimed at implementing
the new electoral system within a relatively short timeframe
following the constitutional reform. The mission views this first
electoral process as an opportunity to strengthen public
participation, citizen trust, and the development of the country’s
representative institutions,” Guliyev said.







He noted that the mission welcomes the efforts of electoral
authorities and other stakeholders aimed at implementing the new
electoral system within a relatively short timeframe following the
constitutional reform.


Furthermore, Guliyev added that the OTS mission views this first
electoral process as an opportunity to strengthen public
participation, citizen trust, and the development of the country’s
representative institutions.


“In total, the mission visited 33 polling stations to observe
the voting process. The mission found no evidence of interference
by administrative or law enforcement agencies in the activities of
the polling stations visited. It was also noted that the necessary
administrative measures had been taken to ensure citizens’ freedom
to express their will,” he stated.