Registration of presidential candidates.

1. For the registration, the presidential candidate or his / her authorized representative not later than 45 calendar days prior to the election day, in addition to the documents previously submitted in accordance with Article 49 and part 7 of Article 52 of the present constitutional Law, shall submit to the Central Election Commission the questionnaire with biographical data.

The Central Election Commission shall immediately after submission of all documents issue the person who presented the documents a written confirmation (certificate) of receipt, indicating the date of receipt and a list of submitted documents.

2. The Central Election Commission within 10 calendar days from the date of receipt of documents shall verify them and make a decision on the registration of a candidate. In the event that there are inaccuracies or missing documents, the Central Election Commission shall give a written conclusion on addition of missing documents or correction of errors. Within 3 days from the day of receiving the written conclusion the person submitting the documents shall be obliged to add the missing documents or correct the errors. In the event of non-compliance with the requirements specified in the written conclusion, the Central Election Commission shall make a reasoned decision to reject the registration.

3. The following shall be the grounds for rejecting the registration:

1) failure to submit the documents required under this constitutional Law for the registration of a candidate;

2) insufficient number of submitted credible voter signatures in support of the candidate;

3) absence of passive electoral right of a candidate;

4) failure by a candidate to establish his or her own election fund in cases established by the present constitutional Law;

5) non-compliance with requirements stipulated by Article 21-1 of the present constitutional Law.

In the event that a candidate or the authorized representative of the candidate failed to submit all the documents required for registration specified in this Article, but submitted them additionally before the end of the registration period, the election commission shall be obliged to register the candidate.

4. In the event that the decision to reject the registration of a candidate is taken, the Central Election Commission shall be obliged to provide the candidate or the authorized representative of a political party with a copy of the decision of the election commission within 24 hours from the moment the rejection decision is made. The said decision can be appealed against in court within 5 days.

5. Registration of presidential candidates shall end 35 calendar days prior to the election day.

6. A presidential candidate shall have the right at any time, but not later than 3 calendar days before the voting day, to withdraw from further participation in the election by personally submitting a written statement to the Central Election Commission or by sending a notarized statement through his / her representative. Based on this statement, the Central Election Commission that has registered a candidate shall be obliged to make a decision on cancellation of registration of the candidate.

7. The Central Election Commission, no later than on the 5th calendar day after the registration of candidates, shall publish in the mass media a report on the registration, indicating the surname, name, patronymic, year of birth, place of work and residence of each candidate, as well as information about his / her party affiliation.

8. Within 2 calendar days after registration, the Central Election Commission shall issue the candidates with appropriate candidate certificates indicating the date of registration.

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