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Article 10
 

Authority of the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic

1. The Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic shall:

1) control observation of electoral rights of citizens, implementation of the provisions of the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, this Code, laws of the Kyrgyz Republic on the territory of the republic; ensure their uniform implementation;

2) administrate the preparation and conduct of elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, deputies of the Jogurku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic;

3) within the limits of its authority issue resolutions, instructions, regulations, other acts that do not contradict this Code and control their execution;

4) direct the activity of election commissions, exercise organizational and methodological guidance of the lower level election commissions;

5) develop the chart of single mandate territorial constituencies on election of deputies to the Jogurku Kenesh, transfers it to the Jogurku Kenesh for its approval and publishes in mass media the list of constituencies where it shall indicate borders and location of the election commissions

6) form oblast, Bishkek city, Osh city election commissions;

7) establish territorial election commissions for election of deputies to the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic and publish their composition in mass media;

8) distribute the funds from the national budget allocated for the conduct of elections among election commissions including the payment for their utilization of premises, transportation and communication means, consider other material and technical issues of elections;

9) set up a special fund and utilize the funds received to conduct elections, develop the electoral system, provide for the authorities and activities of the election commissions;

10) determine accounting procedures for receiving and spending budget funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of elections, and for election funds of candidates, and special funds;

11) establish financial statement forms for election commissions on received and spent funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of elections, financial statements for candidates, and special funds;

12) establish ballot-paper formats, the order for making ballot papers for election of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic; forms and order of making of ballot papers at elections of the deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, deputies of local keneshes and heads of local self-governments.

13) establish protocol forms for meetings on candidates' nominations, election commission meetings, voters signature lists in support of candidates, lists of voters, other election documents, samples of ballot boxes for voting that shall be assembled from transparent materials, format of the voting booths and election commission seals, duration and procedure for safekeeping election documents and ensures preparation of stamps for the PEC’s. The precinct election commission seal should differ in relation to signatures and digital numbers which are determined by the Central Election Commission. At that, the number of the territorial election commission shall coincide with the number of a respective constituency, and the digital number of the stamp for the PEC shall coincide with the number of a respective PEC

14) ensure printing of ballot-papers for election of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic and other election documents;

15) hear reports of ministries and administrative agencies of the Kyrgyz Republic, other government and local self-government bodies on issues relating to the preparation and conduct of elections;

16) establish the procedures for participation in elections of observers, foreign (international) observers, representatives of foreign and local mass media, provide them with the relevant documents;

Reference:

CEC Decree issued on August 13th 2004 year # 41 “Handbook for observers in the Kyrgyz Republic”;

CEC Decree issued on August 13th 2004 year #42 Provision “On Status and Responsibilities of foreign (international) observers in the Kyrgyz Republic”

17) issue instructions on the procedure for providing airtime, and printed media space on the channels of state national TV and radio corporations and in periodic press editions to the candidates;

Reference:

CEC Decree issued on August 13th 2004 year #44 “On casting of lots to distribute free air time”;

CEC Decree issued on August 13th 2004 year #84 “On tracking forms of volume and costs of free and paid air time and print space, provided to registered candidates, political parties, election blocks during election campaign period by organization of mass media and advertisement agencies”;

CEC Decree issued on August 13th 2004 year #85 “On approval of the Standard procedure for concluding agreements for provision of air-time (print space) for conducting election campaign in mass media and advertisement agencies on chargeable bases”

18) establish, together with government and local self-government bodies, oblast, Bishkek city election commissions, the state system of registration (accounting) of voters;

19) make suggestions on assigning of voters outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic to single-member territorial constituencies on the basis of data provided by the relevant ministries and agencies of the Kyrgyz Republic;

20) register candidates for the position of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic;

21) register election blocs;

22) inform the electorate on the progress of pre-election campaign;

23) determine results of election of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on the basis of Bishkek and Osh city and oblast election commissions’ protocols and publish the results in mass media, file the results with the Constitutional Court of the Kyrgyz Republic to obtain its opinion;

24) tabulate the results of elections to the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic throughout the republic on the basis of protocols of the territorial election commissions;

25) recognize the outcome or election results invalid according to the procedure established under Clause 4,5 Article 46 of this Code;

26) commit the district electoral commission to conduct a repeated voting or repeated election in the constituency whereby its decision may indicate the necessity to conduct the election by newly-composed district and precinct election commissions in cases and in accordance with an order specified by this code;

27) consider applications and complaints on the decisions and actions of election commissions and make decisions on them;

28) implement the targeted programs on preparation and conduct of elections, development of the election system of the Kyrgyz Republic, legal education of voters, professional training of members of election commissions and other organizers of elections.

29) determine the dates, the order for keeping and transfer of the documents connected to preparation and conduct of elections to the archive.

2. The Central Election Commission shall exercise other powers under this Code and legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

(In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on October 14th 2001 year, No. 87, January 24th 2004 year, No. 7)