LAW OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

of August 8, 2019 No. 117

About introduction of amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "About elections of deputies of local keneshes"

Accepted by Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic on June 27, 2019

Article 1.

Bring in the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "About elections of deputies of local keneshes" (Sheets of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2011, No. 7, the Art. 1001) the following changes:

The Law to add 1) with Article 1-1 of the following content:

"Article 1-1. Principles of participation of citizens in elections

1. Elections of deputies of local keneshes in the Kyrgyz Republic are held on the basis of equal and direct suffrage in case of secret vote.

Elections in the Kyrgyz Republic are based on free and voluntary implementation by citizens of the republic of the voting rights. Nobody has the right to make impact on citizens for the purpose of coercion them to participation or nonparticipation in elections, and also on free declaration of will.

2. Violation of the principles specified in this Article involves responsibility, stipulated by the legislation the Kyrgyz Republic.";

2) in Article 2:

a) add Article with the paragraph the eighth the following content:

"the state portal - the website of state body containing information on electoral registers in the electronic format by the polling precincts, areas, the cities and the republic in general, created and staticized according to the procedure established by the legislation: about changes of the selective address (number of the polling precinct), about participation of citizens in elections, and also giving to voters opportunity for refining and change of the data in case of observance of the requirements for identification and authentication established by the legislation;";

b) in paragraph eight of the word "(ID card)" to exclude;

c) add Article with the paragraph the twelfth the following content:

"voters with limited opportunities of health are the citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic having active voting rights under general conditions, having the violation of health with permanent disorder of functions of organism caused by the diseases, effects of injuries or defects leading to the life activity restriction expressed in hearing disorder, sight, functions of the musculoskeletal device;";

d) add Article with paragraphs the seventeenth and eighteenth the following content:

"informing voters - activities for preparation and distribution of information during the election campaign on the course of the election campaign and activities of the electoral commissions, the polling precincts, procedure for forming and change of the electoral register, procedure for participation in vote, voting procedure, procedure for establishment of results of vote and determination of election results; official information of the electoral commissions and mass media on the candidate (candidates) and political (political) batch (batches) and their programs, not creating preferences to any candidate (candidates), political (political) to batch (batches) and not containing signs of election propaganda for this or that candidate, political party or against them;

information material - the printed, audiovisual and other materials containing information on the course of the election campaign and activities of the electoral commissions, the polling precincts, procedure for forming and change of the electoral register, procedure for participation in vote, voting procedure, procedure for establishment of results of vote and determination of election results; official information of the electoral commissions and mass media on the candidate (candidates) and political (political) batch (batches) and their programs, not creating preferences to any candidate (candidates), political (political) to batch (batches) and not containing signs of election propaganda for this or that candidate, political party or against them;";

e) add Article with the paragraph the twenty first the following content:

"the registered candidate - person conforming to requirements, established by the Constitution and this Law, registered by the relevant electoral commission as the candidate for the position of the deputy of the local kenesh replaced by means of elections;";

e) add Article with the paragraph the twenty fourth the following content:

"the public observer - person designated by non-profit organization of the Kyrgyz Republic (further - non-profit organization) to observe preparation of elections, carrying out vote, counting of votes, establishment of results of vote and determination of election results according to the procedure, stipulated by the legislation;";

g) in the paragraph the twenty fifth words", and also drugs monitoring bodies" to exclude;

h) add Article with paragraphs the twenty ninth and thirtieth the following content:

"the religious figure - person performing religious activities according to the legislation on religious liberty and the religious organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic;

the priest - person authorized by the relevant religious organization (consolidation) on dukhovnichesky, imamsky, vicarial, preaching ministry;";

i) the twenty ninth to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"the electoral register - the list of the citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic having active voting rights on the ballot day created on the basis of the Unified state register of the population, constituted in electronic and paper types which depending on degree of readiness and purpose is subdivided on preliminary, control and final;";

j) add Article with paragraphs the thirty first - the thirty fourth the following content:

"the preliminary electoral register - the electoral register on condition in 60 calendar days prior to ballot day published on the state portal, which is hung out by precinct election commissions for refining by citizens of the data;

the control list of voters - the electoral register containing the staticized information on the voters and changes made based on statements of the voters who arrived during refining of the electoral register in 35 calendar days prior to ballot day, and published on the state portal, which is hung out on the polling precincts in 30 calendar days prior to ballot day;

the final electoral register - the amended list of voters to which all changes based on statements of voters during refining of the electoral register are made, published on the state portal and hung out on the polling precincts in 3 calendar days prior to ballot day;

criminal record of the candidate - data on lack of criminal record or data on the criminal records which ever were available, available with indication of number (numbers) and the name (names) of Article (Articles) of the Criminal code of the Kyrgyz Republic based on which, (whom) the candidate was condemned, article (Articles) of the law of foreign state if the candidate was condemned according to the specified legal acts for the acts recognized by crime the existing penal legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic;";

k) in the paragraph thirty third to "(ID card)" to exclude words;

l) the thirty fourth to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"the operator - the member of the precinct election commission or the person involved by Central Election Commission, providing technical services in identification of citizens in case of elections and referenda or on servicing automatically the reading-out ballot box, the equipment of identification of the voter on the polling precinct in ballot day;";

m) add Article with the paragraph the thirty fifth the following content:

"the equipment on identification - the device intended for identification of voters by means of identification of the voter on its biometric and personal data;";

o) to state the paragraph of the fortieth in the following edition:

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