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Article 17
 

Status of a representative of a candidate or a political party that nominated the list of candidates in the election commissions


1. Candidates or political parties that nominated the lists of candidates, after registration shall have the right to appoint a representative to the relevant election commission (hereinafter - a representative to the election commissions) with the submission of identity documents, information about his main job (occupation), full address of his / her permanent residence and contact details.


2. The powers of a representative in the election commissions shall begin since the moment of his / her registration by the respective election commission.


3. A citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic who has reached the age of 21, has an active electoral right and is permanently resident on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic shall have the right to be a representative in electoral commissions.


4. Deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh, local keneshes, candidates for deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh, local keneshes, persons having political, special state and political municipal posts, civil and municipal servants, members of election commissions, judges, military personnel, employees of law enforcement and fiscal bodies, foreign citizens and stateless persons, as well as persons whose criminal record has not been removed or expunged in accordance with the procedure established by the law, may not be the representatives in election commissions.


5. A representative in an election commission cannot simultaneously be a representative in another election commission.


6. A representative in an election commission who occupies a state or municipal office shall not have the right to use advantages of his / her official position.


7. A representative in an election commission shall be issued a standard certificate.


(In the version of the constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No 116 dated August 8, 2019)